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Jack Vance

Jack Vance

Jack Vance has written at least 130 books. Their most popular book is The Dying Earth with 161 saves with an average rating of 3.66⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Classics, and Science fiction.

challenging, Adventurous, and funny are their most common moods.

Author Bio

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.

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The Dying Earth

#1 of 3 in The Dying Earth

The Dying Earth
ByJack Vance

1950 • 161 Readers • 90 pages • 3.7

Tales of the Dying Earth

Tales of the Dying Earth
ByJack Vance

2016 • 40 Readers • 754 pages • 3.9

The Eyes of the Overworld

The Eyes of the Overworld
ByJack Vance

26 Readers • 4.1

Lyonesse : Suldrun's Garden

#1 of 3 in Lyonesse

Lyonesse : Suldrun's Garden
ByJack Vance

1983 • 25 Readers • 448 pages • 4.8

Cugel's Saga

#3 of 3 in The Dying Earth

Cugel's Saga
ByJack Vance

1983 • 19 Readers • 334 pages • 3.7

Emphyrio

Emphyrio
ByJack Vance

19 Readers • 3.3

The Green Pearl

#2 of 3 in Lyonesse

The Green Pearl
ByJack Vance

1985 • 18 Readers • 428 pages • 4.3

Rhialto the Marvellous

Rhialto the Marvellous
ByJack Vance

16 Readers • 3.7

Madouc

#3 of 3 in Lyonesse

Madouc
ByJack Vance

1989 • 16 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3

The Star King

#1 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Star King
ByJack Vance

1964 • 14 Readers • 160 pages • 3.4

Lyonesse

#1 of 3 in Lyonesse

Lyonesse
ByJack Vance,Agnieszka Dłużak(Translator)

1983 • 13 Readers • 551 pages • 3

The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse #1-3)

#1 of 3 in Lyonesse

The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse #1-3)
ByJack Vance

2010 • 9 Readers • 1,040 pages • 4

Planet of adventure

Planet of adventure
ByJack Vance

9 Readers • 3.5

The Last Castle

The Last Castle
ByJack Vance

1966 • 8 Readers • 128 pages • 3.1

Tales of the Dying Earth

#1 of 3 in The Dying Earth

Tales of the Dying Earth
ByJack Vance

1998 • 7 Readers • 741 pages • 4

Night Lamp

Gaean Reach

Night Lamp
ByJack Vance

1996 • 7 Readers • 388 pages

City of the Chasch

#1 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

City of the Chasch
ByJack Vance

1968 • 6 Readers • 156 pages • 4.5

Cover 4

Tales of the Dying Earth
ByJack Vance

6 Readers

Araminta Station

#1 of 3 in Cadwal Chronicles

Araminta Station
ByJack Vance

1987 • 5 Readers • 474 pages • 3.5

The Dying Earth

The Dying Earth
ByJack Vance

5 Readers • 3.3

The Languages of Pao

The Languages of Pao
ByJack Vance

1957 • 5 Readers • 157 pages • 3

Cover 7

#2 of 1 in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B
ByE.M. Forster,Frederik Pohl,+9 more

1973 • 5 Readers • 559 pages • 5

The Blue World

The Blue World
ByJack Vance

1966 • 4 Readers • 176 pages • 3.5

The Demon Princes

#1-5 of 2 in Demon Princes

The Demon Princes
ByJack Vance

1964 • 4 Readers • 965 pages

The Palace of Love

#3 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Palace of Love
ByJack Vance

1967 • 4 Readers • 176 pages • 3

Marune

Gaean Reach

Marune
ByJack Vance

1975 • 4 Readers • 188 pages • 3.5

The Face

#4 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Face
ByJack Vance

1979 • 3 Readers • 4

Eight Fantasms and Magics

Eight Fantasms and Magics
ByJack Vance

1969 • 3 Readers • 288 pages

Big Planet

#1 of 2 in Big Planet

Big Planet
ByJack Vance

1952 • 3 Readers • 224 pages • 3

Suldrun's Garden

#1 of 3 in Lyonesse

Suldrun's Garden
ByJack Vance

1983 • 3 Readers • 472 pages • 2.5

Cover 1

#5 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Book of Dreams
ByJack Vance

1981 • 3 Readers • 210 pages • 4

De Moordmachine

#2 of 2 in Demon Princes

De Moordmachine
ByJack Vance,Mark Carpentier Alting(Translator)

1964 • 3 Readers • 192 pages • 4

The Demon Princes, Vol. 1

#1 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Demon Princes, Vol. 1
ByJack Vance

1997 • 3 Readers • 446 pages

Cover 4

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy
ByTheodore R. Cogswell(Contributor),Michael Moorcock(Contributor)

2001 • 3 Readers • 3

The Killing Machine

#2 of 5 in Demon Princes

The Killing Machine
ByJack Vance

1964 • 3 Readers • 158 pages • 3

Cover 2

#2 of 3 in Lyonesse

The Green Pearl
ByJack Vance

1985 • 2 Readers

The Jack Vance Treasury

The Jack Vance Treasury
ByJack Vance

2007 • 2 Readers • 627 pages

To Live Forever

To Live Forever
ByJack Vance

1956 • 2 Readers • 367 pages • 4

Ecce and Old Earth

#2 of 3 in Cadwal Chronicles

Ecce and Old Earth
ByJack Vance

1991 • 2 Readers • 328 pages • 3.5

The Dirdir

#3 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

The Dirdir
ByJack Vance

1969 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 5

Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald
ByJohn Holbrook Vance,Jack Vance

1973 • 2 Readers

The Houses of Iszm

The Houses of Iszm
ByJack Vance

1954 • 2 Readers • 2

Wyst

Gaean Reach

Wyst
ByJack Vance

1978 • 2 Readers • 222 pages • 2

Showboat World

#2 of 2 in Big Planet

Showboat World
ByJack Vance

1975 • 2 Readers • 217 pages • 3

Throy

#3 of 3 in Cadwal Chronicles

Throy
ByJack Vance

1992 • 2 Readers • 204 pages • 4

Los Chasch

#1 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Los Chasch
ByJack Vance,Domingo Santos(Translator)

1968 • 2 Readers • 222 pages • 3

Cover 5

Sjambak
ByJack Vance

1953 • 2 Readers • 3.5

Cover 8

#2 of 3 in The Dying Earth

Cugel the Clever:
ByJack Vance

1966 • 2 Readers • 4

Cover 5

The Chasch
ByJack Vance

2 Readers • 4

Cover 3

Novels
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Immortals

Immortals
ByJack Dann(Editor),Gardner Dozois(Editor)

1978 • 1 Reader • 255 pages • 5

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-time Greats

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-time Greats
BySilverburg R(Editor, Contributor),Martin H. Greenberg(Editor, Contributor)

1 Reader • 432 pages • 4

Ghosts

Ghosts
ByIsaac Asimov(Editor, Introduction, contributo),Charles G. Waugh(Editor)

1988 • 1 Reader

Cover 3

Lyonesse: The Green Pearl
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Cover 7

The Demon Princes, Vol. 2: The Face * the Book of Dreams
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Cover 0

The Faceless Man
ByJack Vance

1978 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

L’odissea di Glystra

#1 of 2 in Big Planet

L’odissea di Glystra
ByJack Vance,Hilia Brinis(translator)

1952 • 1 Reader • 254 pages • 3

Los Wankh

#2 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Los Wankh
ByJack Vance,Domingo Santos(Translator)

1969 • 1 Reader • 222 pages • 3

Los Dirdir

#3 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Los Dirdir
ByJack Vance,Domingo Santos(Translator)

1969 • 1 Reader • 215 pages • 3

Los Pnume

#4 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Los Pnume
ByJack Vance,Domingo Santos(Translator)

1969 • 1 Reader • 192 pages • 3

The Complete Lyonesse

The Complete Lyonesse
ByJack Vance

2010 • 1 Reader • 816 pages • 4

Cover 4

Omnibus of Science Fiction
ByAlan E. Nourse,Ralph Williams,+41 more

1952 • 1 Reader • 5

Cover 8

The Five Gold Bands
ByJack Vance

1980 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance

Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance
ByJack Vance

1979 • 1 Reader • 274 pages

Cover 0

The Year's Best Horror Stories VII
ByGerald W. Page,Charles R. Saunders,+13 more

1979 • 1 Reader • 221 pages • 1

De lokkende verte

#2 of 2 in Ports of Call

De lokkende verte
ByJack Vance,Annemarie van Ewyck(Translator)

2004 • 1 Reader • 222 pages • 3

Cover 1

Planet Stories July 1951, Vol. 5.0
ByJerome Bixby(Editor),Poul Anderson(Contributor)

1951 • 1 Reader • 112 pages

Abercrombie Station

Abercrombie Station
ByJack Vance

1952 • 1 Reader • 4

Złoty wiek SF. Tom 1

#1 of 2 in Złoty wiek SF

Złoty wiek SF. Tom 1
ByStanley G. Weinbaum,Jack Vance,+9 more

2013 • 1 Reader • 3

Cover 7

#3 of 3 in The Dying Earth

Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight
ByJack Vance

1983 • 1 Reader • 4

The Miracle Workers ; The Dragon Masters ; The Last Castle

The Miracle Workers ; The Dragon Masters ; The Last Castle
ByJack Vance

2002 • 1 Reader

A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic

A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
ByUrsula K. Le Guin(Contributor),Roger Zelazny(Contributor)

1998 • 1 Reader • 421 pages

Tschai

#1-4 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Tschai
ByJack Vance

1968 • 1 Reader • 559 pages

Cover 4

Deep Space
ByA.E. van Vogt,Damon Knight,+5 more

1973 • 1 Reader • 172 pages

Trullion: Alastor 2262

Gaean Reach

Trullion: Alastor 2262
ByJack Vance

1973 • 1 Reader • 229 pages • 2

The Potter of Firsk and Other Stories

The Potter of Firsk and Other Stories
ByJack Vance

2011 • 1 Reader • 3

Cover 1

Spells
ByArthur Conan Doyle,Edward D. Hoch,+10 more

1985 • 1 Reader • 350 pages

Kroniki Umierającej Ziemi

#1-4 of 3 in The Dying Earth

Kroniki Umierającej Ziemi
ByJack Vance

1998 • 1 Reader

Cover 2

The Miracle Workers
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Cover 5

Son of the Tree
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Servants of the Wankh

#2 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

Servants of the Wankh
ByJack Vance

1969 • 1 Reader • 157 pages • 4

The Pnume

#4 of 4 in Planet of Adventure

The Pnume
ByJack Vance

1969 • 1 Reader • 158 pages • 5

The Moon Moth and Other Stories

The Moon Moth and Other Stories
ByJack Vance

1976 • 1 Reader • 125 pages

Complete Lyonesse

Complete Lyonesse
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Cugel saga

Cugel saga
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

The Anome

#1 of 3 in Durdane

The Anome
ByJack Vance

1971 • 1 Reader • 206 pages • 2

Cover 7

The Brains of Earth
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Cover 0

Cugel the Clever
ByJack Vance

1 Reader

Five Gold Bands

Five Gold Bands
ByJack Vance

1950 • 1 Reader • 138 pages • 2

Lurulu

#2 of 2 in Ports of Call

Lurulu
ByJack Vance

2004 • 1 Reader • 204 pages

The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph

#2-10 of 1 in Magnus Ridolph

The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph
ByJack Vance

1966 • 1 Reader • 174 pages • 3

Green Magic

Green Magic
ByJack Vance

1979 • 1 Reader • 273 pages

Golden Girl and Other Stories

Golden Girl and Other Stories
ByJack Vance

1951 • 1 Reader • 226 pages • 3

Fantasms and Magics

Fantasms and Magics
ByJack Vance

1969 • 1 Reader • 192 pages

Tre viaggi nello spazio-tempo

Tre viaggi nello spazio-tempo
ByRobert Silverberg,Jack Vance,+3 more

1973 • 1 Reader • 192 pages

Trullion

Gaean Reach

Trullion
ByJack Vance

1973 • 1 Reader • 170 pages

Alastor

Gaean Reach

Alastor
ByJack Vance

1973 • 1 Reader • 479 pages • 4

The Jack Vance Reader

The Jack Vance Reader
ByJack Vance

2008 • 1 Reader • 484 pages

The Dragon Masters

The Dragon Masters
ByJack Vance

1962 • 1 Reader • 102 pages • 2

Ports of Call

#1 of 2 in Ports of Call

Ports of Call
ByJack Vance

1997 • 1 Reader • 300 pages