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
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)
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
(En Français ici) In Cugel Saga the episode on « La Galante » ends with a scene where Vance, with his diverting and flowery language, mocks the « sexual capacities » of Cugel, which is rare enough to be quoted. When Cugel flees by stealing « La Galante », he takes Mrs. Soldinck and her three daughters hostage, proclaims himself Captain,… Lire la suite A Jack Vance Grivoiserie
Témoignages, rencontres, anecdotes « Jack Vance, homme à tout faire et poète de la Science-Fiction « (Thomas A. Siebel) Une sélection de 32 textes d’auteurs très divers ayant approché ou côtoyé l’écrivain discret, étonnant, attachant et plein d’humour qu’est Jack Vance, viennent d’être réunis dans un recueil disponibles en version PDF. Vous pouvez le télécharger ici (1mo):… Lire la suite À Propos de Jack Vance
Choice of the Names (English below) Déclaration de Jack Vance lors de la convention V-CON en1979 : Question: (..) comment déterminez vous ces noms si particuliers pour vos personnages et vos lieux. Avez-vous un système pour cela ou jaillissent-ils de votre imagination fertile ?Jack Vance:(…) Vous écrivez peut-être quelques possibilités et vous vous dites :… Lire la suite Le Choix des Noms
Short history of a short story 1954, Jack Vance wrote his first detective (short) story First Star I see Tonight, under the pseudonym John Van See. The story will change its name and pseudonym three times (see list of publications at the end). « There is a story which I used another pseudonym for, and which… Lire la suite First Star I See Tonight
LES MONDES PERDUS ET ANCIENS FUTURS DE JACK VANCE Un essai de David B. Williams paru dans Extant 19 mars 2007 Dans COSMOPOLIS 49, j’ai parlé des bêtes féroces et des monstres horribles qui peuplent de nombreuses œuvres de fantasy et de SF de Jack Vance. Ce ne sont pas les seules figures récurrentes de… Lire la suite Mondes Perdus – Anciens Futurs
Warning: some parts of this article may cause inconvenience to sensitive Star Trek fans… STAR TREK: Jack Vance’s view QUESTION : When Roddenberry talks about Star Trek, he talks about using Science fiction as an allegory to talk about war and peace…VANCE: Ah! This is just a lot of ten-dollar words, meaningless, just a lot of… Lire la suite STAR TREK and VANCE