John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is an American 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. Other pen names include Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, Jay Kavanse.

Among his awards are: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters and in 1967 for The Last Castle; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc; an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage; in 1992, he was Guest of Honor at the WorldCon in Orlando, Florida; and in 1996 he was named a SFWA Grand Master.


1976 Jack Vance radio interview part 1 of 12



Selected bibliography

Fantasy

The Dying Earth

* The Dying Earth (actual title Mazirian the Magician, collection of linked stories, 1950)
* The Eyes of the Overworld (actual title Cugel the Clever, novel 1966)
* Cugel's Saga (actual title Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight, novel, 1983)
* Rhialto the Marvellous (collection of linked stories, 1984)

Lyonesse

* Suldrun's Garden (1983)
* The Green Pearl (1985)
* Madouc (1989)

Science fiction

The Demon Prince Series

* The Star King (1964)
* The Killing Machine (1964)
* The Palace of Love (1967)
* The Face (1979)
* The Book of Dreams (1981)

The Cadwal Chronicles

* Araminta Station (1987)
* Ecce and Old Earth (1991)
* Throy (1992)

Alastor

* Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973)
* Marune: Alastor 933 (1975)
* Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978)

Durdane

* The Anome (alternate title: The Faceless Man, 1973)
* The Brave Free Men (1973)
* The Asutra (1974)

Tschai

(collective designation given by publishers: Planet of Adventure)

* City of the Chasch (actual title: The Chasch. 1968)
* Servants of the Wankh (reissue title: The Wannek, 1969)
* The Dirdir (1969)
* The Pnume (1970)

Non-series science fiction novels

* Five Gold Bands (alternate title: The Space Pirate, actual title: The Rapparee, 1953)
* Vandals of the Void (young adult novel, 1953)
* To Live Forever (1956)
* Big Planet (1957)
* The Languages of Pao (1958)
* Slaves of the Klau (original title: Planet of the Damned; alternate title: Gold and Iron, 1958)
* Space Opera (1965)
* The Blue World (1966)
* Emphyrio (1969)
* The Gray Prince (actual title: The Domains of Koryphon) (1974)
* Showboat World (actual title: The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII, Big Planet, 1975)
* Maske: Thaery (1976)
* Galactic Effectuator (this title is an editorial invention for the collected Miro Hetzel stories: "Freitzke's Turn" and "The Dogtown Tourist Agency", 1980)
* Night Lamp (1996)
* Ports of Call (1998)
* Lurulu (Ports of Call and Lurulu are parts 1 and 2 of the same novel, 2004)

Selected novellas

* The Dragon Masters (1963)
* The Houses of Iszm (1964)
* Son of the Tree (1964)
* Monsters in Orbit (two linked novellas, 1965)
* The Brains of Earth (actual title: Nopalgarth, 1966)
* The Last Castle (Nebula Award winner 1966)

Selected collections

* Future Tense (1964)
* The World Between and Other Stories (1965)
* The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966)
* Eight Fantasms and Magics (1969)
* Lost Moons (1982)
* The Narrow Land (1982)
* The Augmented Agent and Other Stories (1986)
* The Dark Side of the Moon (1986)
* Chateau D'If and Other Stories (1990)
* When the Five Moons Rise (1992)
* Tales of the Dying Earth (1999)
* The Jack Vance Treasury (2006)