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      • John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jack_VanceJack Vance - Wikipedia

    John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen .

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 2009/07/19 › magazineThe Genre Artist - The New York Times

    Jul 15, 2009 · Jack Vance, described by his peers as “a major genius” and “the greatest living writer of science fiction and fantasy,” has been hidden in plain sight for as long as he has been publishing —...

  5. www.jackvance.com › jackvance › bioJack Vance Website - Jack Vance Biography

    The mystery and fantasy genres span his entire career. Vance’s stories written for pulps in the 1940s and 1950s cover many science fiction themes, with a tendency to emphasis on mysterious and biological themes (ESP, genetics, brain parasites, body switching, other dimensions, cultures) rather than technical ones.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dying_EarthDying Earth - Wikipedia

    Dying Earth is a fantasy series by the American author Jack Vance, comprising four books originally published from 1950 to 1984. Some have been called picaresque . They vary from short story collections to a fix-up (novel created from older short stories), perhaps all the way to novel.

  8. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) by Jack Vance - Goodreads

    Jack Vance’s genre defining, fundamentally influential 1950 fantasy novel about swords, sorcery and ancient technology while the red glow of a dying sun spins over a far future earth is a SF/F gem. A collection of related short stories, Vance’s mastery of the language and his ability to weave a tale has never been better.

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  9. jackvance.comJack Vance Website - Home

    Jack Vance Website - The Official Website of Jack Vance, Grandmaster of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Home of e-books and information.

  10. scifiwright.com › 2013 › 05Jack Vance 1917-2013 » John C. Wright's Journal

    While Vance may play by the rules of whatever genre he works in, his true genre is the Jack Vance story. His loyal readers are fiercely passionate about him. An inspired crew of them got together in the late 1990s to assemble the Vance Integral Edition, a handsome 45-volume set of the great man’s complete works in definitive editions.