Vancealot: Jack Vance in Review

Detailed reviews of every Jack Vance work ever published, including short stories, novelettes, novellas, novels, etc.  This blog of 258 posts begins with information and lists regarding Jack Vance’s writings and then continues with reviews of books and publications about Jack Vance, reviews of many Vance book collections and then reviews of every individual work ever published by Vance.  The blog search function can be used to look up reviews of every Vance work.  Corrections and comments are welcome and may be sent to: nipohc1760atlivedotcom

Written by an avid reader, TJ Jones, who usually reads between 100 and 152 books each year. Every published work by Jack Vance has been read at least twice, most of them three times or more. Jack Vance is not just my favorite science fiction, fantasy and mystery writer but one of my all-time favorite fiction writers, even including the finest classical authors.  I consider him to be one of the great writers of all time!  

Much thanks to John Vance, Koen Vyverman and Steve Sherman for their helpful answers, insights and suggestions.

Ratings used are from Goodreads: 1= Did not like, 2=Okay, 3=Liked it, 4=Really liked it, 5=Amazing

Jack Vance Complete Works Published and Unpublished 

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-complete-works-published-and.html

Jack Vance Novels (56) And Novellas (18) 

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-novels-56-and-novellas-18.html

Jack Vance Novels (56)

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-novels-56-and-novellas-18.html

Jack Vance Novellas (18)

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-novellas-18.html

Jack Vance Alternative Titles For Novels And Novellas

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-alternative-titles-for_21.html

Jack Vance Mystery Novels (14)

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-mystery-novels-14.html

Jack Vance Complete Published Short Stories And Novelettes (65) 

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-completed-and-published.html

Jack Vance Alternative Titles for Shorter Works

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-alternative-titles-for.html

Jack Vance Shorter Published Writings That Were Later Included In Novels

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-shorter-published-writings.html

Jack Vance Series 

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

Jack Vance Book Collections

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/jack-vance-book-collections.html

Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines Used by Jack Vance 

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/science-fiction-and-fantasy-magazines.html

Books and Publications About Jack Vance 

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/books-and-publications-about-jack-vance.html

Reviews of Books and Publications About Jack Vance

Nine posts, beginning here:

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-book-of-sixth-world-fantasy.html

Reviews of Jack Vance Collections

Twenty posts. These include only those I own and have read. Beginning here:

https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-book-of-sixth-world-fantasy.html

Reviews of All of Jack Vance’s Published Works

216 posts, beginning here: https://vancealotjackvanceinreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/abercrombie-station-jack-vance-novella.html

Note:  Spatterlight Press LLC is a publishing company that was created by the family and friends of Jack Vance.  So far they have published 62 high quality trade paperback editions of Vance’s novels (all except three Ellery Queen mystery novels: Strange She Hasn’t Written, Death of a Solitary Chess Player, and The Man Who Walks Behind.) and collections of his shorter works.  These are all based on the Vance Integral Edition (VIE) which were extensively reviewed and edited to be as faithful as possible to Vance’s original writings.  Many of Vance’s works were altered or heavily edited by book and magazine editors with even the author’s titles changed. Spatterlight now offers to the general public access to Vance’s writings the way he originally intended them to be.  In 2023 they began issuing hardcover editions of the same works they had previously printed in paperback.  They also have e-book editions.   https://www.jackvance.com/


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