Author · 1916–2013
Jack Vance
Jack Vance was an American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916–2013). Born in San Francisco.
Our catalogue lists 5 books by Jack Vance, mostly demon fiction, Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy. They span 1964 to 1991. The most-read is The Star King (1964). 2 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg.
Books by Jack Vance
The Star King
Jack Vance
Masters of Darkness III
Dennis Etchison, Jack Vance
Marune
Jack Vance, Pon Ruiter
- FREE
The men return
Jack Vance
- FREE
Sjambak
Jack Vance
Awards
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2010 — Best Related Work (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1975 — Best Novella, Assault on a City (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1967 — Best Novelette, The Last Castle (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1963 — Best Short Story, The Dragon Masters (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1959 — Best Novelette, The Miracle-Workers (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards — Best Related Work, This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1984 — Best Novel, Lyonesse (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1967 — Best Novella, The Last Castle (winner)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1990 — Best Novel, Madouc (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1984 — Best Novel, Lyonesse (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1978 — Best Short Fiction, The Bagful of Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Collection, Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Collection, Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Collection, Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Collection, Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Collection, Wild Thyme, Green Magic (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2008 — Best Collection, The Jack Vance Treasury (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1999 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Ports of Call (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1997 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Night Lamp (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Anthology, Strange Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Ecce and Old Earth (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1990 — Best Fantasy Novel, Madouc (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1989 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Araminta Station (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Araminta Station (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1986 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Green Pearl (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1985 — Best Collection, Rhialto the Marvellous (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Fantasy Novel, Lyonesse (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Fantasy Novel, Cugel's Saga (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1982 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Book of Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1980 — Best Collection, Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance (nominee)
Biography
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance 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 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.