From The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic science fiction and fantasy titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the fantastic work of Jack Vance, one of the field's most beloved authors. Highly acclaimed, Jack Vance has won and been nominated for the H[...]
Kirth Gersen carries in his pocket a slip of paper with a list of five names written on it. Theses are the names of the five Demon Princes who led the historic Mount Pleasant Massacre, which destroyed not only Kirth's family but his entrire world as well. He roams the universe, searching the endless[...]
Kirth Gersen carries in his pocket a slip of paper with a list of five names written upon it - the names of five Demon Princes. The Demon Princes are a race of beings who disguise themselves as humans and delight in power and destruction. However, to Kirth they are merely murderers who killed his fa[...]
Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quiet fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet.
When his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins--a [...]
A romantic tale follows a space swashbuckler and conman as he travels from world to world, plying his trade, drinking in wild bars, and flirting with women[...]
Here, collected in one volume, is his Alastor trilogy: three classic SF adventure novels that are Jack Vance at his best.
"Trullion: Alastor 2262 / Marune: Alastor 933 / Wyst: Alastor 1716"
The Alastor Cluster: A sprawling system of thirty thousand live stars and three thousand inhabited pla[...]
Continues the adventures of Myron Tany, a rebellious member of a wealthy family, who tours the Galaxy on an interstellar freighter alongside a crew of actors, musicians, thieves, and other questionable characters. By the author of Ports of Call. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.[...]
Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is his novel, The Dying Earth, and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under[...]
The Elder Isles - an ancient land where chivalry and the realm of fairie exist side by side. A land of mystery, strange beauty, high adventure and arcane magic. Kings are at war, opposing magicians devise ever more cunning stratagems. It is a land where princesses and changelings both can become emb[...]
The latest of the bestselling 'Gollancz Black Books' brings together Jack Vance's masterpiece of fantasy into one gorgeous volume[...]
To honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, with the full cooperation of Jack Vance, his family, and his agents, have created a Jack Vance tribute anthology: "Songs of the Dying Earth." The best of today's fantasy[...]
Against the backdrop of the Gaean Reach, the widely populated region of space where the full diversity of human development is revealed, the story of Jaro Fath unfolds: from wildling orphan to spaceship captain, a tale of adventure and discovery wittily told. Jaro's life is directed by an inner voic[...]
?Thank You, Mr. Vance, ? by Dean Koontz. ? 2009 by Dean Koontz. ?Preface, ? by Jack Vance. ? 2009 by Jack Vance. ?The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale, ? by Robert Silverberg. ? 2009 by Agberg, Ltd. Grolion of Almery, ? by Matthew Hughes. ? 2009 by Matt Hughes Company Ltd. ?The Copsy Door, ? by Terry D[...]
"Vance sees himself in the tradition of popular fantasy writers, but his classic writing style is also comparagle to Homer's Odyssey, and Cervante's Don Quixote. Though the Cugel tales may lack the scope and pathos of the greatest adventure yarns, in the twenty-first century, they may be as close as[...]
Contains: Thank You, Mr. Vance by Dean Koontz. (c) 2009 by Dean Koontz.
Preface by Jack Vance. (c) 2009 by Jack Vance.
The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale by Robert Silverberg. (c) 2009 by Agberg, Ltd.
Grolion of Almery by Matthew Hughes. (c) 2009 by Matt Hughes Company Ltd.
The Copsy[...]
A classic science fiction tale finds new life in this graphic novel adaptation. A fascinating blend of murder mystery and high-concept science fiction, "The Moon Moth "has long been hailed as one of Jack Vance's greatest works. And now this intricately crafted tale is available in glorious full colo[...]