article in French Paul Rhoads is an American artist, painter, illustrator and musician living in France. His father, Georges Rhoads, was also a painter and close friend of Jack Vance. Paul Rhoads was a great fan of Vance’s work, and it was his idea for a complete edition of his works that led to the… Lire la suite Paul Rhoads’ Vancian art
At the roots of planet-opera, or Big Planet by Jack Vance available in French here: https://bigvance.wordpress.com/ Essay by Stefano Sacchini* -2019 original article in italian :http://solelontano.altervista.org/alle-radici-del-planetary-romance-ovvero-big-planet-di-jack-vance/ * Stefano Sacchini is an Italian blogger specializing in Vance and ancient China. Excerpt from Big Planet : « Glystra walked a little way into the swamp, testing the footing. The… Lire la suite Big Planet
This article in french here: https://wordpress.com/post/bigvance.wordpress.com/3295 In the 50s and 60s, SF fandom rumored that Jack Vance was just one of Henry Kuttner’s many pseudonyms, and this persisted even after his death in 1958. The rumor spread after the publication of the anthology The Best Science Fiction stories in late 1950, in which the editor… Lire la suite 1950 – The Kuttner/Vance controversy
connection on writing (in French here): vance-stephen-king-et-les-adverbes Jack Vance and Stephen King: two very different authors with very similar ideas about writing: Vance (1996) : « You might use too many words. This is the sin of most beginning writers, they use too many words. So you can go over your manuscript, and take out all… Lire la suite Jack Vance/Stephen King
Illustrated German edition in 1985 Editor : HEYNE Illustration: Hubert SchweitzerCover: Michael M Pfeiffer Contains: 1: Sail 25 (1962) – RAUMSEGLER FÜNFUNDZWANZIG – Une Porte sur l’Ailleurs p. 17, 31 The story of Henry Belt, a hard-drinking roughneck who developed a special method of training space cadets. Fr : L’histoire d’Henry Belt, un rustre porté sur… Lire la suite Staub fermer Sonnen / Dust of Far Suns
plus the Forgotten Pleasures of Life by Max Ventura first published in the VIE magazine Cosmopolis #40 (2003) In my not excessively wide experience as a reader, throughout the years, I have never noticed an author so much concerned with the pictorial representation of food, drink and sybaritic leisures with the same dedication as Jack… Lire la suite J.V. and the Appreciation of Good Food (and Good Wine)
Jack Vance’s monsters, aliens and other creatures illustrated in the pulps from 1945 to 1965 This gallery contains illustrations presented in the site: https://vancepulps.wordpress.com/ About Illustrations: 1946 ill. Hanchioni Thrilling Wonder Stories Phalid-s Fate1946-07 planet of the black dust Startling stories1949-03 the Howling Bounders Startling stories1948-11 The Unspeakable MacInch Startling stories1950 ill. Finlay Startling Stories… Lire la suite The Early Vance Bestiary
The covers presented here are some of the most beautiful and striking covers created for Jack Vance’s works. They were most PROBABLY drawn by BOB HABERFIELD. Bob Haberfield is an Australian-born English graphic designer known mostly for his psychedelic covers illustrating Michael Moorcock’s fantasy stories. In fact, he created hundreds of covers for the SF-Fantasy… Lire la suite Bob Haberfield & Vance
My texts: essays, translations, books and visuals about Jack Vance Other resources in French HERE / disclaimer about licences: see at the bottom JACK VANCE RECYCLING NAMES Dictionaries of proper names in Vance’s work: 5000 hits, 605 pages – by Wil Ceron free pdf 4 mo JACK VANCE IN PULPS This collection includes 89 covers… Lire la suite RESOURCES – text & media
Jack Vance’s writing is of such quality that one wonders if one should really believe his numerous affirmations indicating that he only worked for money.Here are ten statements taken from various interviews that shed light on the subject (without however ending the debate!) (Broadcast – hour 25 – 1976) :VANCE: Leaving the field? I can’t afford… Lire la suite Vance, Writing, Money