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
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
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
Editions & Illustrations Petit rappel de l’ histoire Durdane est une série de trois romans qui racontent l’épopée de Gastel Etzwane dans le pays de Shant sur la planète oubliée de Durdane. Après une enfance mouvementée dans la communauté religieuse étriquée et misogyne des Chilites il devient musicien et dans le but de sauver sa… Lire la suite Jack Vance : Durdane
Jack Vance 1950 ———————English version This is Jack Vance’s first real Science-Fiction novel, which he himself renamed The Rapparee* for VIE’s 2004 complete edition.It is a true space opera in the tradition of the genre. It is a paradoxical work in which we can glimpse Vance’s future worlds and in which his style, described as… Lire la suite The Five Gold Bands