Sign in with Facebook
Jack Vance
Author profile
born
August 28, 1916
in San Francisco, California, The United States
gender
male
website
genre
influences
|
Tales of the Dying Earth: The Dying Earth/The Eyes of the Overworld/Cugel's Saga/Rhialto the Marvellous
  4.11 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
—
published
2000
—
3 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
The Dying Earth
  3.97 avg rating — 953 ratings
—
published
1950
—
25 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
3.93 avg rating — 803 ratings
—
published
1983
—
22 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
The Eyes of the Overworld
4.11 avg rating — 543 ratings
—
published
1966
—
16 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
The Green Pearl (Lyonesse, #2)
4.14 avg rating — 492 ratings
—
published
1985
—
14 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
Madouc (Lyonesse, #3)
4.14 avg rating — 457 ratings
—
published
1989
—
14 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
The Demon Princes, Volume One: The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love
4.17 avg rating — 407 ratings
—
published
1997
—
4 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
Planet of Adventure
4.16 avg rating — 411 ratings
—
published
1968
—
11 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
Cugel Saga
4.20 avg rating — 427 ratings
—
published
1983
—
17 editions
|
My rating:
|
|
Rhialto the Marvellous
4.04 avg rating — 305 ratings
—
published
1984
—
14 editions
|
My rating:
|
Upcoming Events
No scheduled events.
Add an event.
“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”
― Jack Vance, Tales of the Dying Earth: The Dying Earth/The Eyes of the Overworld/Cugel's Saga/Rhialto the Marvellous
― Jack Vance, Tales of the Dying Earth: The Dying Earth/The Eyes of the Overworld/Cugel's Saga/Rhialto the Marvellous
“I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.”
― Jack Vance
― Jack Vance
Polls
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SciFi and Fantasy...: What I am also reading in December | 30 | 250 | Jan 08, 2009 06:31am | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: What I'm Also Reading in January 2009 | 58 | 430 | Jan 31, 2009 12:54pm | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for July | 24 | 121 | Apr 19, 2009 08:25am | |
| Beyond Reality: 2009-10 To Ride Hell's Chasm - The title | 9 | 27 | Oct 07, 2009 03:11am | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: December Fantasy Theme Nominations | 74 | 392 | Nov 24, 2009 12:02am | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for March! | 30 | 60 | Dec 21, 2009 09:06am | |
| SFF Chronicles: December Read - "Blue World" by Jack Vance | 20 | 8 | Jan 18, 2010 03:05am | |
| SFF Chronicles: January Theme - SF for fantasy lovers. | 14 | 12 | Jan 18, 2010 07:26am | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: What are you reading in February 2010? | 68 | 200 | Mar 02, 2010 08:12am | |
| The Sword and Laser: Need help finding a short story | 3 | 34 | Apr 28, 2010 07:40am |
Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Jack to Goodreads.
