Jack Vance: 120 books

Book cover of Rhialto de Schitterende
by Jack Vance
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 18, 2018

Dit vierde en laatste boek met verhalen van de Stervende Aarde vertelt de avonturen van Rhialto, bijgenaamd 'de Schitterende', en het collectief van kibbelende en intrigerende magiërs aangevoerd door Ildefonse de Preceptor. De Murthe — De op wraak beluste Witte Heks Llorio keert terug uit ballingschap...
Book cover of De Drakenruiters en andere verhalen
by Jack Vance
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 13, 2018

In dit boek zijn de drie meestgeprezen novelles van de Meester verzameld, goed voor twee Hugo Awards, een Nebula Award, en een Hugo nominatie. De Drakenruiters: op de afgelegen wereld Aerlith worden de schaarse menselijke nederzettingen herhaaldelijk overvallen door de buitenaardse grefs. Bij...
Book cover of Emphyrio
by Jack Vance
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 28, 2017

Over de stad Ambroy op de planeet Halma heersen sedert tweeduizend jaar zes clans van feodale Lords die met behulp van de agenten van het Welzijnsbureau de bevolking van handwerks­lieden onder de duim houden. De jonge houtsnijder Ghyl Tarvoke raakt, aangespoord door zijn vader Amiante, geïntri­geerd...
Book cover of De vijf gouden banden
by Jack Vance
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 20, 2019

Nadat Samuel Langtry bij toeval de interstellaire ruimte-aandrijving ontdekte, zwermden zijn vijf zonen uit om de melkweg te koloniseren en hun eigen imperiums te stichten op nieuwe werelden: Shaul, Badau, Loristan, Koto en Alpheratz A. Twintig generaties later bewaken de Zonen van Langtry nog steeds...
Book cover of Les Cinq Rubans d'or
by Jack Vance
Language: French
Release Date: January 31, 2013

Pour libérer la Terre du joug de l'empire des Cinq Mondes, Paddy Blackthorn se retrouve à courir l'espace afin de découvrir le secret de l'ultrapropulsion spatiale. Ses seuls indices : quelques bribes de données codées sur cinq rubans d'or. Heureusement, il pourra compter sur l'aide...
Book cover of Baroudeur
by Jack Vance
Language: French
Release Date: September 28, 2012

À priori la mission de Thissel était simple : récupérer à la descente du convoi carcéral le dangereux criminel Haxo Angmark. Elle le devient beaucoup moins lorsque ce dernier parvient à s'enfuir et à se fondre dans la population de la planète Sirène. Un monde où chacun porte un masque...
Book cover of The World-Thinker and Other Stories
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's early short stories, including The World-Thinker (1944), I'll Build Your Dream Castle (1946), The God and the Temple Robber (1946), Men of the Ten Books (1949), Seven Exits from Bocz (1949), Telek (1951), The Secret (1951), Noise (1952), D.P. (1951), The Absent Minded Professor...
Book cover of Chateau d'If and Other Stories
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's early short stories, including Phalid's Fate (1945), Chateau d'If (1949), Crusade to Maxus (1950), Shape-Up (1952), The Gift of Gab (1954), The Augmented Agent (1956), Milton Hack from Zodiac (1957), Nopalgarth (1964) and The Narrow Land (1966).Cover art by Tais Teng
Book cover of Sail 25 and Other Stories
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's early short stories, including Planet of the Black Dust (1945), Four Hundred Blackbirds (1948), Dead Ahead (1949), The Enchanted Princess (1949), The Potters of Firsk (1949), The Visitors (1950), The Uninhibited Robot (1950), Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater (1951), Three-Legged...
Book cover of The Cadwal Chronicles
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012

For centuries the breathtakingly beautiful planet Cadwal has been held in trust by a centuries-old Charter of Conservancy, created by the now-defunct Naturalist Society on Old Earth. Over time, restrictions on population expansion written into the Charter have become irksome to some who...
Book cover of Golden Girl and Other Stories
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's early stories, including Golden Girl (1945), Masquerade on Dicantropus (1950), Abercrombie Station (1951), Cholwell's Chickens (1951), The Mitr (1951), The World Between (1952), When the Five Moons Rise (1953), Meet Miss Universe (1954), and The Insufferable Redheaded Daughter of Commander Tynnott, O.T.E. (1972).Cover art by Tais Teng
Book cover of The Moon Moth and Other Stories
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's early stories, including The New Prime (1950), The Men Return (1955), Green Magic (1956), Ullward's Retreat (1957), Dodkin's Job (1958), The Moon Moth (1960), Alfred's Ark (1964), Sulwen's Planet (1966), and Rumfuddle (1972).Cover art by Tais Teng
Book cover of Wild Thyme and Violets and Other Unpublished Works
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012

A collection of Vance's outlines, unpublished work, and other items: Cat Island (1946, fragment), The Stark (1954, outline for series), The Telephone was Ringing in the Dark (1962, outline for novel), The Kragen (1963, novella; first version of The Blue World), The Genesee Slough Murders (1966, outline...
Book cover of Lurulu
by Jack Vance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Myron Tany continues his picaresque wanderings, begun in Ports of Call, as supercargo on the space freighter Glicca. Traveling from world to world, in search of lurulu, a myth-inspired state of existence best described as fulfillment of hearts desire, Myron encounters unexpected delights and perils among...
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