Jack Vance Novels (56) And Novellas (18)

Jack Vance Novels (56) And Novellas (18)

Works in bold are the preferred titles when work has multiple titles

Total: 56 novels

Total: 18 novellas

11 novellas NIA-never issued as stand-alone works

5 novellas IBI-issued by itself

Total novels plus novellas=74

1 stand-alone novelette-Sjambak

1 stand-alone short story-Moon Moth

1 autobiography-This Is Me, Jack Vance!

 

Standard set forth by the Science Fiction Writers of America:

Flash Fiction: 53 - 1,000 words

Short Stories: 3,500 - 7,500 [usually under 22 pages]

Novelettes: 7,500 - 17,000 [usually around 22-53 pages]

Novellas: 17,000 - 40,000 [usually around 53-121 pages]

Novels: 40,000 + words [usually around 121 pages or more]

 

Novels and Novellas

Abercrombie Station (1952 TWS) 62 pgs, novella, later issued in collection Monsters in Orbit, NIA.

"Alastor Cluster" Series (see individual listings):

1.     Trullion: Alastor 2262

2.     Marune: Alastor 933

3.     Wyst: Alastor 1716

Anome, The (1971) 201 pgs., novel, AKA: Durdane Book 1 and The Faceless Man.

Araminta Station (1988) 554 pgs., novel, AKA: Caldwell Chronicles Book 1.

            Assault on a City-see Insufferable Redheaded Daughter of Commander Tynnott O.T.E.

Asutra (1973) 182 pgs., novel, AKA: Durdane Book 3.

Bad Ronald (1973) 173 pgs., mystery novel, draft title: Something Awful.

Big Planet (1952 SS) 211 pgs., novel.

Bird Island see Bird Isle

Bird Isle (1957) 136 pgs., mystery novel, AKA: Bird Island/Isle of Peril.

Blue World (1966) 182 pgs., novel.

Book of Dreams, The (1981) 200 pgs., novel, AKA: The Demon Princes 5.

Brains of the Earth, The see Nopalgarth.

Brave Free Men, The (1972) 246 pgs., novel, AKA: Durdane Book 2 and The Roguskhoi.

"Cadwal Chronicles" Series (see individual listings):

1.     Araminta Station

2.     Ecce and Old Earth

3.     Throy

Chasch, The (1968) 141 pgs., novel, AKA: City of Chasch and Planet of Adventure 1.

Chateau D'If (1950 TWS) 61/65 pgs., novella, AKA: New Bodies for Old, NIA.

Cholwell's Chickens (1952 TWS) 50 pgs., novella, later issued in collection Monsters in Orbit, NIA.

City of Chasch, AKA: The Chasch and Planet of Adventure 1.

Clarges (1956) 185 pgs., novel, AKA: To Live Forever.

Crusade to Maxus (1951, TWS) 49/71 pgs., novella, AKA: Overlords of Maxus.

Cugel the Clever (1966) 190 pgs, novel, AKA: The Eyes of the Overworld and Tales of the Dying Earth 2.

Cugel: the Skylight Spatterlight, (1983) 281 pgs., novel, AKA: Cugel’s Saga and Tales of the Dying Earth 3.

Cugel's Saga, see Cugel: the Skylight Spatterlight.

Dark Ocean, The (1985)175 pgs., mystery novel.

Deadly Isles, The (1969) 153 pgs., mystery novel, as John Holbrook Vance.

Death of a Solitary Chess Player (1966) mystery novel, AKA: A Room to Die In, as Ellery Queen.

"Demon Princes, The" Series (see individual listings):

1.     Star King

2.     The Killing Machine

3.     The Palace of Love

4.     The Face

           5.   The Book of Dreams

Dirdir, The (1969) 125 pgs., novel, AKA: Planet of Adventure 3.

Dogtown Tourist Agency, The (1976) 144 pgs., novel, later issued as part I of the collection Galactic Effectuator, NIA.

Domains of the Koryphon (1974) 168 pgs., novel, AKA: The Gray Prince,

Dragon Masters, The (1963) 116 pg. novella, Hugo Award, IBI.

"Durdane" Series (see individual listings):

1.     The Anome AKA: The Faceless Man

2.     The Brave Free Men AKA: The Roguskhoi

3.     The Asutra

Dying Earth, The, see Mazirian the Magician

Ecce and Old Earth (1991) 376 pgs., novel, AKA: Caldwell Chronicles Book 2.

Emphyrio (1969) 201 pgs., novel.

Eyes of the Overworld, The see Cugel the Clever.

Face, The (1979) 194 pgs., novel, AKA: The Demon Princes 4.

Faceless Man see The Anome.

Five Gold Bands see Rapparee.

Flesh Mask, The (1957) 133 pgs., mystery novel, as Peter Held, AKA: Take My Face and Mask of Flesh.

Four Johns, The see Strange She Hasn’t Written.

Four Men Called John see Strange She Hasn’t Written.

Fox Valley Murders, The (1966) 168 pgs., mystery novel, as John Holbrook Vance.

Freitzke’s Turn (1977) 77 pg. novella, part 2 of: collection Galactic Effectuator, NIA.

Genesee Slough Murders: Outline for a Novel (1994).

Gift of Gab (1955 AmSF) 56 pgs., novella, NIA.

Gold and Iron (1958) 145 pgs., novel, AKA: Planet of the Damned and Slaves of the Klau, IBI.

Gray Prince, The see Domains of the Koryphon.

Green Pearl, The (1985) 408 pgs., novel, AKA: Lyonesse 2.

Guyal of Sfere (1950, The Dying Earth) 41 pgs., Novella length according to ISFDB.  Originally published as chapter 6 of the novel The Dying Earth (1950) that is sometimes printed as an excerpt so is not counted as a novella.

House on Lily Street, The (1979) 181 pgs., mystery novel, as John Holbrook Vance.

Houses of Iszm (1954) 120 pgs., novella, IBI.

Isle of Peril see Bird Isle.

Insufferable Redheaded Daughter of Commander Tynnott O.T.E-(1974 anthology Universe 4) 40/49 pgs.,17,400 word novella, AKA: "Assault on a City" GG, LM, WT.

Killing Machine, The (1964) 136 pgs., novel, AKA: The Demon Princes 2.

Kragen, The (1964 F S) 107 pgs., novella, eventually expanded to novel Blue World.

Languages of Pao (1957) 152/157 pgs., novel.

Last Castle, The (1966) 113 pgs., novella, IBI.

Lurulu (2004) 167 pgs., novel.

"Lyonesse, The" Series (see individual listings):

1.     Suldrun's Garden

2.     The Green Pearl

3.     Madouc

Madman Theory, The see The Man Who Walks Behind.

Madouc (1989) 535 pgs., novel, AKA: Lyonesse 3.

Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River (1975) 217 pgs., novel, AKA: Showboat World.

Man from Zodiac, The, see Milton Hack from Zodiac.

Man In the Cage, The (1960) 198 pgs., novel, mystery, as Ellery Queen.

Man Who Walks Behind, The (1966) 191 pgs., mystery novel, as Ellery Queen, AKA: The Madman Theory.

Marune: Alastor 933 (1975) 180 pg., novel, AKA: Alastor Series 2.

Mask of Flesh see Flesh Mask.

Maske: Thaery (1976) 181 pgs., novel.

Mazirian the Magician (1950) 127 pgs., novel, AKA: The Dying Earth, Tales of the Dying Earth 1.

Milton Hack from Zodiac (1967 AmS) 40/49 pgs., novella, AKA: Man from Zodiac.

Mazirian the Magician-see The Dying Earth.

Miracle Workers, The (1958 ASF) 74 pgs., novella, NIA.

New Bodies for Old see Chateau d'If.

Night Lamp (1996) 371 pgs., novel.

Nopalgarth  (1966) 101/103 pgs. novella, AKA: Brains of the Earth, IBI.

Overlords to Maxus see Crusade to Maxus.

Palace of Love, The (1967)154 pgs., novel, AKA: The Demon Princes 3.

Parapsyche (1958 AmSF) 108/115 pgs., novella, NIA.

"Planet of Adventure, The" Series (see individual listings):

1.     City of the Chasch

2.     Servants of the Wankh

3.     Dirdir, The

4.     Pnume, The

Planet of the Damned see Gold and Iron.

Pleasant Grove Murders, The (1967) 189 pgs., mystery novel, as John Holbrook Vance.

Pnume, The (1970) 123 pgs., novel, AKA: Planet of Adventure 4.

Ports of Call (1998) 225 pgs., novel.

Rapparee (1950) 133 pgs., novel, AKA: Five Gold Bands, Space Pirate.

Rhialto the Marvellous (1984) 160 pgs., novel, AKA: Tales of the Dying Earth 4.

Roguskhoi, The see The Brave Free Men.

Room to Die In, A see The Death of a Solitary Chess Player.

Rumfuddle (1973 in Three Trips in Time and Space) 57 pgs., novella.

Servants of the Wankh see The Wannek.

Showboat World see The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River.

Slaves of the Klau see Gold and Iron.

Son of the Tree (1951) 110 pgs., novella, IBI.

Space Opera (1965) 136 pgs., novel.

Space Pirate see Rapparee.

Star King, The (1964) 140 pgs., novel, AKA: The Demon Princes 1.

Strange Notions see Strange People, Queer Notions.

Strange People, Queer Notions (1985) 200 pgs., mystery novel, AKA: Strange Notions.

Strange She Hasn't Written (1964) 152 pgs., mystery novel, as Ellery Queen, AKA: Four Men Called John and Four Johns.

Suldrun's Garden (1983) 439 pgs., novel, AKA: Lyonesse 1.

Take My Face see Flesh Mask.

"Tales of the Dying Earth" Series (see individual listings):

1.     Mazirian the Magician or The Dying Earth

2.     Cugel the Clever or Eyes of the Overlord

3.     Cugel: the Skylight Spatterlight or Cugel's Saga

4.     Rhialto the Marvelous

Telek (1952 Astounding SF) 57 pgs., novella.

Throy (1992) 248 pgs., novel, AKA: Caldwell Chronicles Book 3.

To Live Forever see Clarges.

Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973) 247 pgs., novel, AKA: Alastor 1.

Vandals of the Void (1953) 213 pgs., novel.

View from Chickweed's Window, The (1979)167 pgs., mystery novel, as John Holbrook Vance.

Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978) 197 pgs., novel, AKA: Alastor 3.

Wannek, The (1969) 131 pgs., novel, AKA: Servants of the Wankh and Planet of Adventure 2.