Sunday, June 02, 2013

Jack Vance (1916-2013)

The above cover gallery celebrates the late Jack Vance, who died last Sunday (26 May 2013). There's plenty of information to be found about Vance at his official website, at Wikipedia and at the Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Below is a list of his books that I compiled as an aide memoire to help me put together the cover gallery.

PUBLICATIONS

Novels (series: Big Planet; Demon Princes (Keith Gersen); Durdane; Dying Earth; Lyonesse; Tschai (Planet of Adventure))
The Space Pirate. New York, Toby Press, 1953; as The Five Gold Bands, New York, Ace, 1963; London, Granada, 1980.
Vandals of the Void (for children). Philadelphia, Winston, 1953.
To Live Forever. New York, Ballantine, 1956; London, Sphere, 1976. 
Big Planet (Big Planet) New York, Avalon, 1957; London, Coronet, 1977.
The Languages of Pao. New York, Avalon, 1958; St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Mayflower, 1974.
Slaves of the Klau. New York, Ace, 1958; Sevenoakes, Kent, Coronet, 1980; revised as Gold and Iron (Slaves of the Klau), San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1982.
The Dragon Masters. New York, Ace, 1963; London, Dobson, 1965.
The Houses of Iszm. New York, Ace, 1964; London, Mayflower, 1974.
Son of the Tree. New York, Ace, 1964; London, Mayflower, 1974.
The Star King (Demon Princes). New York, Berkley, 1964; London, Dobson, 1966.
The Killing Machine (Demon Princes). New York, Berkley, 1964; London, Dobson, 1967.
Monsters in Orbit. New York, Ace, 1965; London, Dobson, 1977.
Space Opera. New York, Pyramid, 1965; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1982.
The Blue World. New York, Ballantine, 1966; St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Mayflower, 1976.
The Brains of Earth. New York, Ace, 1966; London, Dobson, 1976; as Nopalgarth in Nopalgarth: Three Complete Novels, New York, DAW, 1980.
The Palace of Love (Demon Princes). New York, Berkley, 1967; London, Dobson, 1968. 
City of the Chasch (Tschai). New York, Ace, 1968; St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Mayflower, 1974.
Emphyrio. New York, Doubleday, 1969; London, Coronet, 1980.
Servants of the Wankh (Tschai). New York, Ace, 1969; St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Mayflower, 1975; as Wankh, New York, Bluejay, 1986.
The Dirdir (Tschai). New York, Ace, 1969; London, Dobson, 1975.
The Pnume (Tschai). New York, Ace, 1970; London, Dobson, 1975.
The Anome (Durdane). New York, Dell, 1973; London, Coronet, 1975; as The Faceless Man, New York, Ace, 1978; London, Gollancz, 1987.
The Brave Free Men (Durdane). New York, Dell, 1973; London, Coronet, 1975.
Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Alastor Cluster). New York, Ballantine, 1973; London, Mayflower, 1979.
The Asutra (Durdane). New York, Dell, 1974; London, Coronet, 1975.
The Gray Prince. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1974; London, Coronet, 1976; as The Grey Prince, London, Coronet, 1982.
Showboat World (Big Planet). New York, Pyramid, 1975; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1977; as The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII South, Big Planet, San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1983.
Marune: Alastor 993 (Alastor Cluster). New York, Ballantine, 1975; London, Coronet, 1978.
Maske: Thaery. New York, Berkley, 1976; London, Fontana, 1978.
Wyst: Alastor 1716 (Alastor Cluster). New York, DAW, 1978; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1980.
The Face (Demon Princes). New York, DAW, 1979; London, Dobson, 1980.
Nopalgarth. New York, DAW, 1980; London, Panther, 1984.
The Book of Dreams (Demon Princes). New York, DAW, 1981; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1982.
Lyonesse. I: Suldrum's Garden (Lyonesse). New York, Berkley, 1983; as Lyonesse, London, Granada, 1984.
Cugel's Saga (Dying Earth). New York, Pocket Books, 1983; London, Panther, 1985.
Rhialto the Marvellous. New York, Baen, 1984; London, Panther, 1984.
Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl (Lyonesse). Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1985; London, Grafton, 1986.
Strange Notions. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1985.
The Dark Ocean. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1985.
The Cadwal Chronicles Book 1: Araminta Station (Cadwal). New York, Tor, 1988; London, New English Library, 1988.
Lyonesse III: Madouc (Lyonesse) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1989; London, Grafton, 1990.
Cadwal II: Ecce and Old Earth (Cadwal). Novato, California, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1991; London, New English Library, 1992.
Cadwal III: Throy (Cadwal). Novato, California, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1992; London, New English Library, 1993.
Night Lamp. New York, Tor, 1996.

Omnibus
Durdane (includes The Anome, The Brave Free Men, The Asutra). London, Gollancz, 1989.
Alastor (includes Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 993, Wyst: Alastor 1716). New York, Tor, 1995.

Collections (series: Dying Earth)
The Dying Earth. New York, Curl, 1950; London, Mayflower, 1972.
Future Tense. New York, Ballantine, 1964; as Dust of Far Suns, New York, DAW, 1981.
Monsters in Orbit. New York, Ace, 1965; London, Dobson, 1977.
The World Between and Other Stories. New York, Ace, 1965; as The Moon Moth and Other Stories, London, Dobson, 1975.
The Eyes of the Overworld (Dying Earth). New York, Ace, 1966; London, Mayflower, 1972.
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph. New York, Ace, 1966; London, Dobson, 1977; expanded, New York, DAW, 1980; further expanded as The Complete Magnus Ridolph, San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1985. 
The Last Castle. New York, Ace, 1967.
Eight Fantasms and Magics. New York, Macmillan, 1969; as Fantasms and Magics, London, Mayflower, 1978.
The Worlds of Jack Vance. New York, Ace, 1973.
The Best of Jack Vance. New York, Pocket Books, 1976.
Green Magic. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1979; with other stories as Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance, 1979.
The Bagful of Dreams. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1979.
The Seventeen Virgins. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1979.
Morreion: A Tale of the Dying Earth (Dying Earth). San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1992.
Galactic Effectuator. Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1980; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1983. 
Dust of Far Suns. New York, DAW, 1981.
The Narrow Land. New York, DAW, 1982; Sevenoaks, Kent, Coronet, 1984.
Lost Moons. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1982
Rhialto the Marvellous (Dying Earth). San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Brandywyne, 1984; London, Grafton, 1985.
Light from a Lone Star. Cambridge, Massachusetts, NEFSA Press, 1985.
The Augmented Agent, edited by Steven Owen Godersky. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1986; London, New English Library, 1989.
The Dark Side of the Moon: Stories of the Future. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1986; London, New English Library, 1989.
Chateau d'If and Other Stories. Novato, California, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1990.
When the Five Moons Rise. Novato, California, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1992.

Novels as Peter Held
Take My Face. New York, Mystery House, 1957; as Jack Vance, Los Angeles, Underwood-Miller, 1988. 

Novels as Ellery Queen
The Four Johns. New York, Pocket Books, 1964; as Four Men Called John, London, Gollancz, 1976.
A Room to Die In. New York, Pocket Books, 1965.
The Madman Theory. New York, Pocket Books, 1966; North Harrow, Middlesex, Kinnell, 1986 .

Novels as John Holbrook Vance
The Man in the Cage. New York, Random House, 1960; London, Boardman, 1961.
The Fox Valley Murders (Bain). Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1966; London, Hale, 1967.
The Pleasant Grove Murders (Bain). Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1967; London, Hale, 1968.
The Deadly Isles. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1969; London, Hale, 1970.
Bad Ronald. New York, Ballantine, 1973.
The House on Lily Street. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1979.
The View from Chickweed's Window. San Francisco and Columbia, Pennsylvania, Underwood-Miller, 1979.

Novels as Alan Wade
Isle of Peril. New York, Mystery House, 1957; as Bird Isle by Jack Vance, Los Angeles, Underwood-Miller, 1988.

PLAYS

Television Plays
Captain Video (6 episodes), 1952 -53.

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