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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 156 pages and is available in paperback format. Jack vance 191620 published his first story, the world thinker, in 1945 and has since written over sixty books. Jack john holbrook vance august 28, 1916 san francisco may 26, 20 oakland was an american mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Jack vance is not only a great sf writer, but a great american writer. I happened to mention my problem to a good friend jack vance, a noted science fiction writer. As usual, he has the help of his reluctant banker and theres a new innocent pretty young female to attend to, also. One of his enduring classics is his 1964 novel, the dying earth, and its sequelsa fascinating, baroque tale set on a farfuture earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever. He was the author of dozens of scifi books and fantasy novels, including the popular lyonesse and dying earth series and the hugo and nebula awardwinning book the last castle. In 1997, he was honored as a grand master by the science fiction writers of america.
Kirth gersen must find and eliminate his last elusive enemy. The best of jack vance by vance, jack, 1916publication date 1976 topics science fiction, american. Jack vance project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. 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.
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