Book description
Jack Vance has long been one of the most influential, admired and
imitated writers in science fiction and fantasy literature, the
award-winning author of such widely acclaimed works as The Dying Earth,
the Lyonesse trilogy, the adventures of Cugel the Clever, the Demon
Princes series, and many other masterful tales set among the stars, in
exotic fantasy realms or on our own Earth. For much of his career, Vance
has also been one of the field's most private writers, an author who
preferred to let his work speak for him. Now, at last, to coincide with
the release of the tribute anthology Songs of the Dying Earth, Jack
gives us this intimate and fascinating glimpse into his rich and
eventful life, and a valuable insight into how he went about practicing
his craft. For fans of the Grand Master's work, these memoirs are
something to be treasured. Jack Vance (1916 - ) Jack Vance was born in
1916 and studied mining, engineering and journalism at the University of
California. During the Second World War he served in the merchant navy
and was torpedoed twice. He started contributing stories to the pulp
magazines in the mid 1940s and published his first book, The Dying
Earth, in 1950. Among his many books are The Dragon Masters, for which
he won his first Hugo Award, Big Planet, The Anome, and the Lyonesse
sequence. He has won the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, amongst
others, and in 1997 was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction
Writers of America.
