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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.
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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.

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    All of Jack Vance’s novels, short stories and omnibuses are available in DRM-free e-book format. VIE Books The last remaining sets of the Vance Integral Edition have found a good home; there are no more — bringing to a close yet another phase of the remarkable VIE project!

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    John Holbrook “Jack” Vance was born on August 28, 1916. He was an American fantasy, mystery plus science creative writing author. Most of Vance’s work was published under his name “Jack Vance”, however, 9 of the mystery novels he wrote used his full name John Holbrook Vance, while 3 of his published books of the same genre were ...

  7. www.goodreads.com › author › showJack Vance (Author of The Dying Earth) - Goodreads

    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.

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  8. www.jackvance.com › jackvance › bioJack Vance Biography

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    Vance's grandfather supposedly arrived in California from Michigan a decade before the Gold Rush and married a San Francisco girl. (Early family records were apparently destroyed in the fire following the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.) Vance's early childhood was spent in San Francisco. With the early separation of his parents, Vance's mother move...

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    Since his first published story, "The World-Thinker" (in Thrilling Wonder Stories) in 1945, Vance has written over sixty books. His work has been published in three categories: science fiction, fantasy and mystery. Among Vance’s earliest published work is a set of fantasy stories written while he served in the merchant marine during the war. They a...

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    When asked about literary influences, Vance most often cites Jeffery Farnol, a writer of adventure books, whose style of 'high' language he mentions (the Farnol title Guyfford of Weare being a typical instance); P.G. Wodehouse, an influence apparent in Vance's taste for overbearing aunts; and L. Frank Baum, fantasy elements in whose work have been ...

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    Vance's science fiction runs the gamut from stories written for pulps in the 1940s to multi-volume tales set in the space age. While Vance's stories have a wide variety of temporal settings, a majority of them belong to a period long after humanity has colonized other stars, culminating in the development of the "Gaean Reach". In its early phases (...

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    For most of his career, Vance's work suffered the vicissitudes common to most writers in his chosen field: ephemeral publication of stories in magazine form, short-lived softcover editions, insensitive editing beyond his control. As he became more widely recognized, conditions improved, and his works became internationally renowned among aficionado...

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  9. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Jack Vance (Author of The Dying Earth) - Goodreads

    Jack Vance has 811 books on Goodreads with 221064 ratings. Jack Vance’s most popular book is The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1).

  10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jack_Vance_bibliographyJack Vance bibliography - Wikipedia

    This is a complete list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance. [1] Works. Fantasy. The Dying Earth (author's preferred title: Mazirian the Magician, collection of linked stories, 1950) The Eyes of the Overworld (author's preferred title: Cugel the Clever, novel 1966)

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