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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 .
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.
Jack Vance Website - The Official Website of Jack Vance, Grandmaster of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Home of e-books and information.
Jack (John Holbrook) Vance (San Francisco, August 28, 1916 - Oakland, May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen.
May 26, 2013 · The author was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to science fiction and fantasy magazines. His first novel, The Dying Earth , was published in 1950 to great acclaim.
Jun 3, 2013 · Jack Vance, who in dozens of fantastical novels created alternative worlds, past and present, imagining their alien societies in evocative detail, died on May 26 at his home in...
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...
Sep 8, 2010 · Jack Vance passed away at home on the evening of Sunday May 26, 2013, ending a long, rich and productive life. Recognized most widely as an author, family and friends also knew a generous, large-hearted, rugged, congenial, hard-working, optimistic and unpretentious individual whose curiosity, sense of wonder and sheer love of life were an ...
Jack Vance’s classic 1950 novel, The Dying Earth, is a strange and wondrous collection of six interwoven stories that take place in a future so distant that the Earth itself is dying as the sun reddens and slowly gutters out.
The Vance Integral Edition project, successfully concluded in 2006, gathered and restored the work of Jack Vance in a 44 volume edition. The all-volunteer project broke new ground in textual restoration methodology and internet use, coordinating the efforts of hundreds of volunteers world-wide.
