The Jack Vance Reader Author:Jack Vance, Terry Dowling (Editor), Jonathan Strahan (Editor) Jack Vance is science fiction's world-builder par excellence, a multi-award-winning Grand Master and much-loved doyen of the art of the planetary adventure. In a career spanning 59 years, Vance has been responsible -- more than any other writer in the field -- for creating exotic alien cultures and living, breathing worlds, among them Tschai... more », Durdane and Big Planet, Trullion, Cadwal and Wyst, Aerlith, Fader and Dar Sai.
Now, in a single impressive volume, The Jack Vance Reader brings together three of the master's very best planetary adventures: the internationally acclaimed Emphyrio, the classic interplanetary whodunnit, The Domains of Koryphon, and the provocative and unforgettable The Languages of Pao.
Contents:
Worlds of Wonder: Introduction • essay by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan;--
Emphyrio: Introduction • essay by Robert Silverberg;--
Emphyrio / Jack Vance (1969);--
The Languages of Pao: Introduction • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin;--
The Languages of Pao /Jack Vance (1958);--
The Domains of Koryphon: Introduction • essay by Mike Resnick;--
The Domains of Koryphon [Gaean Reach] / Jack Vance (1974) [variant of The Gray Prince 1975].