Jack Vance - Summary Bibliography

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Legal Name: Vance, John Holbrook Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA Birthdate: 28 August 1916 Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance Webpage: http://www.integralarchive.org/ Webpage: http://www.vanceintegral.com Used These Alternate Names: Ellery Queen , John Holbrook Vance , Alan Wade , Peter Held , John Van See Interviews: Interview with Jack Vance , An Interview with Jack Vance , Jack Vance - Return to the Elder Isles , A Talk with Jack Vance Biography: Bio:Jack Vance Bibliographic Comments: Author:Jack Vance Author Tags: Dimension X (1) , Merril09 (1) , Merril08 (1) , exploration (1) , space opera (1) , alien contact (1) , humanity enslaved (1) , Merril07 (1) , pgv (1) , Merril04 (1)

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Fiction Series

• Gaean Reach
  • The Gray Prince (1975) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: The Domains of Koryphon (1974)
    • Magazine Appearances:
    • The Domains of Koryphon (Part 1 of 2) (1974)
    • The Domains of Koryphon (Part 2 of 2) (1974)
  • Maske: Thaery (1976)
  • Night Lamp (1996)
  • Alastor Cluster
    • Alastor (1995) [O/3N]
    • 1 Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978)
    • 2 Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973) also appeared as:
      • Magazine Appearances:
      • Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Part 1 of 2) (1973)
      • Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Part 2 of 2) (1973)
    • 3 Marune: Alastor 933 (1975) also appeared as:
      • Magazine Appearances:
      • Marune: Alastor 933 (Part 1 of 2) (1975)
      • Marune: Alastor 933 (Part 2 of 2) (1975)
  • Cadwal Chronicles
    • 1 Araminta Station (1987)
    • 2 Ecce and Old Earth (1991)
    • 3 Throy (1992)
  • Demon Princes
    • The Demon Princes, Vol. 2: The Face, The Book of Dreams (1997) [O/4,5]
    • The Demon Princes, Vol. 1: The Star King / The Killing Machine / The Palace of Love (1997) [O/1,2,3]
    • The Demon Princes (1997) [O]
    • 1 The Star King (1964) also appeared as:
      • Variant Title: Star King (1973)
      • Magazine Appearances:
      • The Star King (Part 1 of 2) (1963)
      • The Star King (Part 2 of 2) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 1 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 2 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 3 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 4 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 5 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 6 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 7 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 8 of 9) (1964)
      • The Star King (Part 9 of 9) (1965)
    • 2 The Killing Machine (1964)
    • 3 The Palace of Love (1967) also appeared as:
      • Magazine Appearances:
      • The Palace of Love (Part 1 of 3) (1966)
      • The Palace of Love (Part 2 of 3) (1966)
      • The Palace of Love (Part 3 of 3) (1967)
    • 4 The Face (1979)
    • 5 The Book of Dreams (1981)
  • Ports of Call
    • 1 Ports of Call (1998)
    • 2 Lurulu (2004)

• Big Planet
  • 1 Big Planet (1957) also appeared as:
    • Magazine Appearances:
    • Big Planet (Complete Novel) (1952)
    • Big Planet (Complete Novel) (1958)
  • 2 Showboat World (1975)

• Durdane
  • Durdane (1987) [O]
  • 1 The Anome (1973) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: The Faceless Man (1971)
    • Magazine Appearances:
    • The Faceless Man (Part 1 of 2) (1971)
    • The Faceless Man (Part 2 of 2) (1971)
  • 2 The Brave Free Men (1973) also appeared as:
    • Magazine Appearances:
    • The Brave Free Men (Part 1 of 2) (1972)
    • The Brave Free Men (Part 2 of 2) (1972)
  • 3 The Asutra (1974) also appeared as:
    • Magazine Appearances:
    • The Asutra (Part 1 of 2) (1973)
    • The Asutra (Part 2 of 2) (1973)

• Dying Earth
  • Guyal of Sfere (1950) [SF]
  • Mazirian the Magician (1950) [SF]
  • Turjan of Miir (1950) [SF]
  • Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream (1950) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Ulan Dhor (1950)
  • T'sais (1950) [SF]
  • The Overworld (1965) [SF]
  • Cil (1966) [SF]
  • The Cave in the Forest (1966) [SF]
  • The Mountains of Magnatz (1966) [SF]
  • The Sorcerer Pharesm (1966) [SF]
  • The Pilgrims (1966) [SF]
  • The Manse of Iucounu (1966) [SF]
  • Morreion (1973) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Morreion: A Tale of The Dying Earth (1979)
  • The Seventeen Virgins (1974) [SF]
  • The Bagful of Dreams (1977) [SF]
  • Flutic (1983) [SF]
  • Fader's Waft (1984) [SF]
  • The Murthe (1984) [SF]
  • The Laughing Magician (1998) [O/2N]
  • The Compleat Dying Earth (1999) [O/1,2,3,4] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Tales of the Dying Earth (2000) [O/4N]
  • 1 The Dying Earth (1950) [C] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Mazirian the Magician (2002)
  • 2 The Eyes of the Overworld (1966) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Cugel the Clever (2005)
  • 3 Cugel's Saga (1983)
  • 4 Rhialto the Marvellous (1984) [C]

• Lyonesse
  • Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl and Madouc (2003) [O/2,3]
  • 1 Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden (1983) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Lyonesse (1983)
  • 2 Lyonesse: The Green Pearl (1985) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: The Green Pearl (1985)
  • 3 Lyonesse: Madouc (1989) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Madouc (1989)

• Magnus Ridolph
  • Hard-Luck Diggings (1948) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Hard Luck Diggings (2005)
  • Sanatoris Short-Cut (1948) [SF]
  • The Unspeakable McInch (1948) [SF]
  • The Sub-Standard Sardines (1949) [SF]
  • The Howling Bounders (1949) [SF]
  • The King of Thieves (1949) [SF]
  • The Spa of the Stars (1950) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Spa of the Stars (2005)
  • To B or Not to C or to D (1950) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Cosmic Hotfoot (1950)
  • The Kokod Warriors (1952) [SF]
  • Coup de Grace (1958) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Worlds of Origin (1958)
  • The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966) [C] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (expanded) (1980)
  • The Complete Magnus Ridolph (1985) [C]

• Nopalgarth
  • Nopalgarth: Three Complete Novels (1980) [O/1,2,3]
  • 1 Son of the Tree (1951) [SF]
  • 2 The Houses of Iszm (1954) [SF]
  • 3 The Brains of Earth (1966) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Nopalgarth (1966)

• Planet of Adventure
  • Planet of Adventure (1970) [O]
  • 1 City of the Chasch (1968) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Chasch (1986)
  • 2 Servants of the Wankh (1969) also appeared as:
    • Variant Title: Wankh (1986)
  • 3 The Dirdir (1969)
  • 4 The Pnume (1970)

Novels

• The Space Pirate (1953) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Five Gold Bands (1963)
  • Variant Title: The Rapparee (2002)
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • The Five Gold Bands (Complete Novel) (1950)
  • The Space Pirate (Complete Novel) (1962)
• Vandals of the Void (1953) also appeared as:
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • Vandals of the Void (Complete Novel) (1954)
• To Live Forever (1956) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Clarges (1956)
• The Languages of Pao (1958) also appeared as:
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • The Languages of Pao (Complete Novel) (1957)
  • The Languages of Pao (Complete Novel) (1959)
• Slaves of the Klau (1958) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Gold and Iron (revised 2002) (1952)
  • Variant Title: Gold and Iron (1982)
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • Planet of the Damned (Complete Novel) (1952)
• Space Opera (1965) also appeared as:
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • Space Opera (Complete Novel) (1965)
• Monsters in Orbit (1965)
• The Blue World (1966)
• Emphyrio (1969) also appeared as:
  • Magazine Appearances:
  • Emphyrio (Part 1 of 2) (1969)
  • Emphyrio (Part 2 of 2) (1969)
• The Complete Lyonesse [forthcoming: Jan 21 2010]

Collections

• Future Tense (1964) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Dust of Far Suns (1981)
• The World Between and Other Stories (1965) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Moon Moth and Other Stories (1975)
• Eight Fantasms and Magics (1969)
• The Worlds of Jack Vance (1973)
• The Best of Jack Vance (1976)
• Fantasms and Magics (1978)
• Green Magic (1979)
• Galactic Effectuator (1980)
• Lost Moons (1982)
• The Narrow Land (1982)
• Light from a Lone Star (1985)
• The Augmented Agent (1988)
• Magicon Original Bookmark Anthology, #7 (1989)
• When the Five Moons Rise (1992)
• Coup de Grace and Other Stories (2001)
• Golden Girl and Other Stories (2002)
• The Miracle Workers / The Dragon Masters / The Last Castle (2002)
• Gadget Stories (2005)
• Son Of The Tree and Other Stories (2005)
• The World-Thinker and Other Stories (2005)
• The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories (2005)
• The Jack Vance Treasury (2007)
• Wild Thyme, Green Magic (2009)

Omnibus

• Big Planet / Slaves of the Klau (1958) [O/2N]
• The Dragon Masters / The Five Gold Bands (1963) [O/2N]
• Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm (1964) [O/2N]
• Monsters in Orbit / The World Between and Other Stories (1965) [O/1N,1C]
• The Brains of Earth / The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966) [O/1N,1C]
• The Last Castle / World of the Sleeper (1967) [O/2N] with Tony Russell Wayman
• The Dragon Masters / The Last Castle (1973) [O/2N]
• The Copper Frame/A Room to Die In (non-genre) (1981) [O] with Ellery Queen only appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Copper Frame/A Room to Die In (1981) [O] [as by Ellery Queen ]
• A Fine and Private Place/The Madman Theory (non-genre) (1982) [O] with Ellery Queen only appeared as:
  • Variant Title: A Fine and Private Place/The Madman Theory (1982) [O] [as by Ellery Queen ]
• Strange Notions & The Dark Ocean (1985) [O]
• Gold and Iron / Clarges / The Languages of Pao (2002) [O]
• The House on Lily Street / The View from Chickweed's Window (2002) [O]
• Bad Ronald / The Dark Ocean (2002) [O]
• The Rapparee / Big Planet / Vandals of the Void (2002) [O]
• The Flesh Mask / Strange People, Queer Notions / Bird Island (2002) [O]
• Ports of Call and Lurulu (2004) [O]
• Cugels Irrfahrten (2006) [O]
• The Jack Vance Reader (2008) [O]

Anthologies

• The Last Castle / Nightwings (1989) with Robert Silverberg

Chapterbooks

• The Dragon Masters (1965)
• Morreion: A Tale of The Dying Earth (1979)
• The Seventeen Virgins (1979)
• Green Magic (1979)
• The Bagful of Dreams (1979)
• The Last Castle (1980)

Nonfiction

• This is Me, Jack Vance! (or, More Properly, This is "I") (2009)

Nongenre Series

• Sheriff Joe Bain
  • The Pleasant Grove Murders (1967) [only as by John Holbrook Vance ]
  • The Fox Valley Murders (1968) [also as by John Holbrook Vance ]

Nongenre

• Take My Face (1957) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Take My Face (1957) [as by Peter Held ]
  • Variant Title: The Flesh Mask (2002)
• Isle of Peril (1957) only appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Isle of Peril (1957) [as by Alan Wade ]
  • Variant Title: Bird Isle (1988)
  • Variant Title: Bird Island (2002)
• The Man in the Cage (1960) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Man in the Cage (1960) [as by John Holbrook Vance ]
• The Four Johns (1964) only appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Four Johns (1964) [as by Ellery Queen ]
  • Variant Title: Four Men Called John (1976) [as by Ellery Queen ]
• A Room to Die In (1965) [also as by Ellery Queen ]
• The Madman Theory (1966) [also as by Ellery Queen ]
• The Deadly Isles (1969) [only as by John Holbrook Vance ]
• Bad Ronald (1973) [also as by John Holbrook Vance ]
• The House on Lily Street (1979) [also as by John Holbrook Vance ]
• The View from Chickweed's Window (1979) [also as by John Holbrook Vance ]
• Strange Notions (1985) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Strange People, Queer Notions (2002)
• The Dark Ocean (1985)

Shortfiction

• The Insufferable Red-headed Daughter of Commander Tynott, O.T.E. (unknown)
• The World-Thinker (1945)
• Planet of the Black Dust (1946)
• Phalid's Fate (1946)
• Dream Castle (1947) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: I'll Build Your Dream Castle (1947)
• The Potters of Firsk (1950)
• New Bodies for Old (1950) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Chateau d'If (1950)
• The Loom of Darkness (1950) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Liane the Wayfarer (1950)
• The New Prime (1951) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Brain of the Galaxy (1951)
• Overlords of Maxus (1951) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Crusade to Maxus (1951)
• The Ten Books (1951) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Men of the Ten Books (1951)
• Golden Girl (1951)
• Temple of Han (1951)
• The Masquerade on Dicantropus (1951) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Masquerade on Dicantropus (unknown)
• The Plagian Siphon (1951) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Plagian Siphon (2005)
• The Planet Machine (1951)
• Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater (1951)
• Winner Lose All (1951)
• Seven Exits from Bocz (1952)
• Telek (1952)
• Abercrombie Station (1952)
• Sabotage on Sulfur Planet (1952) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Sabotage on Sulphur Planet (1952)
• Noise (1952) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Music of the Spheres (1952)
• Cholwell's Chickens (1952)
• The World Between (1953)
• Three-Legged Joe (1953) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Three Legged Joe (2005)
• DP! (1953)
• Ecological Onslaught (1953)
• Four Hundred Blackbirds (1953)
• The Mitr (1953)
• Sjambak (1953)
• Shape-Up (1953)
• When the Five Moons Rise (1954)
• First Star I See Tonight (1954)
• The Enchanted Princess (1954) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Dreamer (1954)
• The Devil on Salvation Bluff (1955)
• Meet Miss Universe (1955)
• The Gift of Gab (1955)
• The Phantom Milkman (1956)
• Where Hesperus Falls (1956)
• The Men Return (1957)
• A Practical Man's Guide (1957)
• The House Lords (1957)
• The Miracle-Workers (1958) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: The Miracle Workers (1958)
• Parapsyche (1958)
• Ullward's Retreat (1958)
• Dodkin's Job (1959)
• The Moon Moth (1961)
• I-C-a-BeM (1961)
• The Augmented Agent (1961)
• The Dragon Masters (1962)
• Gateway to Strangeness (1962) also appeared as:
  • Variant Title: Dust of Far Suns (1962)
  • Variant Title: Sail 25 (1962)
• Green Magic (1963)
• The Kragen (1964)
• Alfred's Ark (1965)
• The Secret (1966)
• The Last Castle (1966)
• The Narrow Land (1967)
• The Man from Zodiac (1967)
• Sulwen's Planet (1968)
• Rumfuddle (1973)
• Assault on a City (1974)
• The Dogtown Tourist Agency (1975)
• Freitzke's Turn (1977)
• from The Book of Dreams (1980)
• Excerpts from "The Avatar's Apprentice" in Scroll from the Ninth Dimension (1980)
• Spatterlight (1983)
• Cat Island (1985)
• From Life, Volume 1, by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey (1989)
• The God and the Temple Robber (2005)
• The Absent Minded Professor (2005)
• D.P. (2005)
• Dead Ahead (2005)
• The Visitors (2005)
• Sail 25 (2005)
• Nopalgarth (2005)
• Wild Thyme and Violets (2009)

Essays

• Preface (Lurulu) (unknown)
• The Story Behind the Story: The World-Thinker (1945)
• The Story Behind the Story: Phalid's Fate (1946)
• Foreword (Eight Fantasms and Magics) (1969)
• Preface to the Collection (The Best of Jack Vance) (1976)
• Foreword (Fantasms and Magics) (1978)
• Glossary (Wyst: Alastor 1716) (1978)
• Foreword (Lost Moons) (1982)
• Foreword (Rhialto the Marvellous) (1984)
• Frank Herbert: An Appreciation (1986)
• Remembrances (Dune) (1987)
• Introduction (Blue Tyson) (1992)
• Biographical Sketch & Other Facts (2000)
• Preface (The Jack Vance Treasury) (2007)
• Preface (Songs of the Dying Earth) (2009)

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