Books and Publications About Jack Vance

Books and Publications About Jack Vance

op=out of print, √=Read & reviewed under title. Those not read I’d like to borrow if anybody has a copy

Goodreads Ratings: 1-5. 1= Did not like 2=Okay, 3=Liked it, 4=Really liked it, 5=Amazing


Cosmopolis: A Nexus for the Admirers of the Works of Jack Vance-George L. Mina, editor, 1988 fanzine, 1988, Only 75 copies released.12 copies had hand colored illustrations. Different from the Cosmopolis newsletter published by the VIE project.

√Demon Prince The Dissonant Worlds of Jack Vance-2007, by Jack Rawlins, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-demon-prince-dissonant.html

Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, An: 20th Century Science Fiction Writer, Vol. 1, A-J- 2002, by David G. Mead, soft & hardcover editions, op.

Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, An: 20th Century Science Fiction Writer, Vol. 2, L-N- 2002, by David G. Mead, soft & hardcover editions, op.

Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, An: 20th Century Science Fiction Writer, Vol. 3, O-Z- 2002, by David G. Mead, soft & hardcover editions, op.

√Fantasms: A bibliography of the literature of Jack Vance-1978, Daniel J. H Levack, op,   rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-fantasms-bibliography-of.html

√Handbook of Vance Space: A Rough Guide to the Planets of Alastor Cluster, the Gaean Reach, the Oikumene, and Other Exotic Sectors-2014, Michael Andre-Driussi, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-handbook-of-vance-space.html

√Jack Vance (Writers of the 21st Century)-1980, Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller eds., op, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-jack-vance-writers-of-21st.html

√Jack Vance A Fantasmic Imagination: A Working Bibliography (Bibliographies for the Avid Reader)-1990, by Phil Stephensen-Payne  and Gordon Benson, Jr. op, rated 3.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-fantastic-imagination.html

Jack Vance: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography-2000, A.E. Cunningham, editor, op.

√Jack Vance Lexicon, The: from Abiloid to Zygage: The Coined Words of Jack Vance, 2016, Dan Temianka, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-revew-jack-vance-lexicon-from.html

Jack Vance Science Fiction Stylist-1965, Richard Tiedman, not listed on Goodreads, stapled paperback, Reprinted in Writers of the 21st Century Series: Jack Vance- Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller, editors, op.

√Jack Vance Seven Articles on His Work and Travels-2017, Michael Andre-Driussi, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-jack-vance-seven-articles.html

Many Worlds of Jack Vance, The Horns of Elflallnd #2-1977, Jack Vance and Poul Anderson Stapled fanzine, includes Jack Vance's The Secret, and graphic adaptation of Eyes of the Overworld, plus other content.  Magazine sized soft cover, op.

√This is Me, Jack Vance-Jack Vance, autobiography, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-is-me-jack-vance-or-more-properly.html

Winged Being: Thoughts on Jack Vance and Patient Explorations of the Obvious-2013, by Paul Rhoads, 30 essays, revised from Cosmopolis and Extant.

√Wit And Wisdom Of Jack Vance, The: As Experienced By Miguel Lugo, 2011, rated 5.

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-wit-and-wisdom-of-jack.html

Work of Jack Vance, The: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide-1993, Jerry Hewett and Daryl F. Mallett, op

 

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