Vancealot: Jack Vance in Review

Book Review: The Book of the Sixth World Fantasy Convention 1980 Vancealot: Jack Vance in Review, TJ Jones Underwood-Miller, oversize hardcover, 96 pages Release Date: 1980 Availability:   Out of print but can be purchased used on the Internet. This is not a book exclusively about Jack Vance but Jack Vance was the Guest of Honor at the Convention and some of his writings, an article about him and a bibliography of his writings were included in the book.   Production was limited to 1,000 copies, but the book seems to be fairly easily obtained and reasonably priced. The Guest Artist was Boris Vallejo , the Master of Ceremonies was Robert Bloch and Edgar Allan Poe is mentioned In Memory of.   Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller are the editors.   The frontispiece is an Alicia Austin illustration for Vance's The Last Castle .   Vance related material in the book include the following: 1. "From the Book of Dreams," A one page excerpt from Vance's soon t...

Book of the Sixth World Fantasy Convention 1980, The This is a 96 page hardcover book published in 1980 by Underwood-Miller .   Jack Vance was the Guest of Honor at the Convention and some of his writings, an article about him and a bibliography of his writings were included in the book.   Production was limited to 1,000 copies. The Guest Artist was Boris Vallejo, the Master of Ceremonies was Robert Bloch and Edgar Allan Poe is mentioned In Memory of.   Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller are the editors.   The frontispiece is an Alicia Austin illustration for Vance's The Last Castle.   Vance related material in the book includes the following: "From the Book of Dreams" A one page excerpt from Vance's soon to be published novel The Book of Dreams . "Introducing Jack Vance" A two page article about Vance by his good friend Poul Anderson. "Jack Vance: A Bibliography Compiled by Daniel J.H. Levack" 4 pages "Excerpts from 'The Av...