hommages.. a JACK VANCE Tuesday 28 January 2014 11:34 My friend Jack Vance ... I just heard that you were gone to join your hero ..... your books I am so unhappy ... I cry because I love you jack we love you ... youll miss me waiting one day we are left with the angels .. I had the chance to met you ... click to read more olivier caillaud Tuesday 21 January 2014 16:27 I grew up reading you. You helped form my thinking and imagination. I just learned of your death today, 1/21/14 while out looking for some Vance ebooks.So who is ever going to replace you? No one, amigo. Anthony Chitea Monday 20 January 2014 23:07 Quite possibly partly responsible for my love of travel and exploring new places, his vivid descriptions of amazing worlds captivated me for many hours. Read most of his books in Dutch but have been collecting them in English - time to enjoy them ... click to read more Piter Monday 13 January 2014 00:56 Thank you Mr Vance! Kind regards from Spain, Carlos Carlos Sunday 5 January 2014 11:19 Thank you Mr. Vance. My world will never be the same after experiencing your works. Humor, genius, vice, virtue, the unmutable human condition, what more could a reader ask for? Jh Sunday 5 January 2014 10:46 Thanks. Just thanks. PierreV Friday 3 January 2014 00:47 After Giants like Steinbeck Twain Silverberg Dickens I wandered into a bookstore waiting for a bus. 14 years old. I had just enough time to find Big Planet/Slaves of the Klau Ace double. Of course I bought it. From that point on I went from junior ... click to read more John magin Thursday 2 January 2014 22:24 Thank you for writing some of the most amazing books I have ever read. Craig Wednesday 1 January 2014 11:26 Ik lees je boeken al sinds mijn tiener jaren, herlees ze keer op keer en geniet er nog steeds van. Dank je wel. Ren (Nederland) Monday 30 December 2013 20:00 Ive just discovered your works this past month and eagerly look forward to many long hours reading. Robbie Monday 30 December 2013 15:27 merci pour tout, Monsieur Vance, je vous dois mes premiers émois en littérature. Je vous ai découvert en 1976 avec Cugel, et depuis je crois bien que jai lu toutes vos oeuvres qui ont été éditées en France et avec toujours autant de ... click to read more Albert (from France) Monday 30 December 2013 00:00 An extraordinary talent. The original Ayg 62 Dragonmasters story as illustrated was a magnificent short tale that I cherish even now- I met the Artist for the Galaxy edition. Jack Vance gave strength credible content and excellence of craft to all ... click to read more j_victorm Tuesday 24 December 2013 10:44 Non ci siamo mai incontrati ma sei un mio vecchio amico da decenni,i tuoi mondi si sono mischiati ai miei.Thank you Jack for all Stefano masserdotti Monday 23 December 2013 03:24 long one of my heros, thank you for so many hours reading and rereading your books. was lucky to meet jack and his wife for coffee and breakfast at a science fiction convention in Ohio maybe around 2003ish. cherish the memory and look forward to ... click to read more tim favreau Sunday 22 December 2013 18:13 Didn;t know you died this year Jack until now. To me in Ireland and my friends in Holland you were the greatest of them all, you were truly the master! Just because I want to read your books again in the original language I found out you passed ... click to read more Anonymous Sunday 22 December 2013 08:36 Thank you Jack for sharing your wonderful stories with all of us. They will be enjoyed by generations to come. Still working my way through your works and enjoing every moment . Rachel Thursday 19 December 2013 16:45 Javais douze ans lorsque jentendis parler dun petit roman un monde dazur (the blue world). Cétait à la télévision, une émission, appelée temps X, consacrée à la science- fiction. Ce petit roman, trente ans plus tard, je lai ... click to read more Nicolas Sunday 15 December 2013 20:08 Sleep well my brother. Thank you for making my earthly existence that much more imaginative, creative and inspiring. Matt Sunday 15 December 2013 13:13 good trip, maker of worlds buon viaggio,creatore di mondi Renato Marrese Italia Sunday 15 December 2013 05:15 I have started my journey into Jack Vances worlds at the age of 14 and voraciously read his books over the next 20 years. Jack, you are the genius in the lamp and your magic is still operating on me ( i am 49 ). Many gods bless you. Jean-Philippe Lopez Friday 13 December 2013 23:26 I too only found out today of Vances passing, and it has been a blow. Vances work has been such an influence on me - how I think of language, and how I think of the fantastic and the familiar alike. The world is poorer for his absence from it. Olivia Friday 13 December 2013 16:13 I just found out today, December 13, 2013 that The Master passed away. I received the Duivels Prinsen series (Demon Princes), in Dutch, for my high school graduation in 1987. Been a fan ever since have been collecting all of his work in Dutch and ... click to read more Pieter Otten Wednesday 11 December 2013 10:07 Gracias Jack por hacernos soñar despierto! Buen viaje! Anonymous Saturday 7 December 2013 16:41 Uren, dagen, maanden kon ik vertoeven in uw wereld. Ik leerde dat tijdens de palingrace niet altijd de beste winnen. Dank mijneer Vance. De meest exquise fles kraak ik op uw grandioze reis. Joris Vermost, Mechelen, Belgium Thursday 5 December 2013 14:10 Jack Vance provided me more than 45 years of delight. Ive read and re-read all his SF and Fantansy works countless times. Each reading reveals another nuance that I somehow overlooked before. His soaring intellect, wit, and wry social commentary ... click to read more L. D. Hedrick Wednesday 4 December 2013 17:12 Come tutti gli scrittori immortali, Jack Vance vivrà per sempre nelle pagine dei suoi libri ed io continuerò, ancora ed ancora ed ancora, a viaggiare nei fantastici, stupendi mondi che lui ha creato per me. Grazie Jack... Valerio Cavaletti, Italy Wednesday 4 December 2013 07:13 Great writing and imagination, old son. Always more than liked your work. So much so that all of the paperbacks Ive collected are literally falling to bit - just like me. you taught me how to start writing, in a futile attempt to emulate your ... click to read more chris thomas (wuggles) Wednesday 4 December 2013 06:46 Jack Vances writing captivated me. In particular I absolutely love the Planet of Adventure series of 4 books (now in omnibus form). The Dirdir, The Pnume etc.... just wonderful imagination and description coupled with some humour. And then theres ... click to read more David Bretherton, Liverpool, UK Tuesday 3 December 2013 18:14 Un grand merci. Your wo(l)rds are still alive. Olivier Monday 2 December 2013 14:16 I discovered my first Jack Vance novels (Daw paperback editions of Wyst and Trullion) in a little hole-in-the-wall bookshop in India. I was instantly hooked, and spent the next 20-odd years hunting down Vance novels. Thirty-something years later I ... click to read more Peter OBrien Thursday 28 November 2013 10:30 I first heard of Jacks death on June 14th. I immediately started rereading everything he ever wrote. Some 60 or so novels and some 90 or so short stories later, I have finished. There wasnt a boring page in the lot. And there were weeks at a time ... click to read more Dietrich Tuesday 26 November 2013 16:00 In all the billions of years of future that await us there will never be another Jack Vance. Thanks for taking me on so many memorable travels. Youve brightened my childhood. I wish you could have come with us.. Eddie Thursday 21 November 2013 16:04 Ive read books by writers who are considered to be master novelists. I cant think of any writer who has given me more pleasure than Jack Vance. His books reward continued reading. Every few years I take out my Vance collection and read the whole ... click to read more Art Rosch Thursday 21 November 2013 01:09 Im an Iranian-American fan of Jack Vance. He was an imaginative, baroque, and witty author. I believe he was underappreciated. Nevertheless, Mr. Vance, I salute you for your creativity and hours of enjoyment that you bestowed on us, your ... click to read more IFA Thursday 14 November 2013 06:35 I always lose myself in his books, I can see the dirdir on tschai and watch hussade when I am on Trullion. What a great writer. jan binkhorst Wednesday 13 November 2013 09:15 Le mie sincere condoglianze ai familiari. Leggo Jack Vance dal 1980, credo di avere tutti i libri pubblicati in italiano in edizioni diverse. Alcune frasi dei Suoi personaggi sono diventate miei indicazioni alle mie persone piu care : Per ... click to read more Valerio Monday 11 November 2013 08:54 Merci Jack pour tout ce que tes livres mont apportés. Bon voyage ! Adrien Bretonnier Saturday 9 November 2013 10:50 I regret that I have come across Jack Vance stories so late.. He is pure entertainment and great visualiser.. RIP Shailendra Shirke Saturday 9 November 2013 07:46 For every book I have read there were none that I could read again, and again, apart from the works of Jack Vance. I had never met Jack in person, but it seems I almost know him from his books; an erudite, articulate and humourous man with a ... click to read more Dan Slater Thursday 7 November 2013 18:19 Jack has been one of my favourite authors for more than twenty years. My condolences to the friends and family of this amazingly talented man. Ross C Tuesday 5 November 2013 18:20 When browsing through my fathers book collection I found The Demon Princes. I was around 12 years old and this is the book that made me a Sci-Fi/Fantasy junky. Since then Ive read more books from Jack Vance but The Demon Princes remains my ... click to read more Jimi V. Wednesday 30 October 2013 20:04 A toast to Jack Vance, whose writing has been a major part of my life for the last 60 years. I have read Lyonesse over 10 times now, and am looking forward to another re-reading when enough years pass so I will no longer have every line ... click to read more Lee Cronbach Sunday 27 October 2013 18:17 I first discovered your books in the local library in my early teens. Many happy hours were spent fighting across Tschai or cruising the Gaean Reach in search of adventure. Thank you for so much enjoyment. Adam Elliott Saturday 26 October 2013 14:45 I have had the greatest pleasure reading your books, the Demon Princesseries. Jack Vance R.I.P. Rajat Datta Saturday 26 October 2013 14:40 You have given me the greateast pleasure reading your books . Jack Vance R.I.P. Rajat Ranjan Datta Wednesday 23 October 2013 21:30 In my mid teens I first came across the name of Jack Vance in Astounding ( The Miracle Workers of 1958 ) .... and I still have that original magazine ! I can recall my thrill at acquiring my first copies of The Dragon Masters , of The Star King , ... click to read more Jim Jewell Monday 21 October 2013 17:51 A massive thank you to Jack Vance for lighting the fire of imagination in a 14 year old who picked up his brother-in-laws copy of The dying Earth and still, at 43 hasnt returned it. That copy now has lots of friends in a 2000 book library thats ... click to read more Neil Milne Sunday 20 October 2013 15:57 Saddened to hear of the passing of Jack Vance. Many years ago someone donated a box of books. The Eyes Of The Overworld was among them. 30 odd years later I am still enjoying his unique imagination and story telling. He was the Shakespeare of ... click to read more Paul Greet Thursday 17 October 2013 10:49 I will always miss him. I used to look forward to his new books like it was Christmas Day. But at least I can re-read the old stuff - there is certainly enough to keep me occupied.... Graham Voss Saturday 12 October 2013 16:08 A fan since 1966. Jacks contribution to science fiction writing and crime mysteries is unparalleled. Long after the buzz of 50s / 60s / 70s SF writing disappeared, his unique language and style have distanced his work from anyone else. I have ... click to read more Paul Lea Friday 11 October 2013 03:36 Addio ignaro amico e compagno nelle ultime ore della giornata, quelle immancabili e tanto desiderate quando la veglia si confonde col sogno, Tu hai fatto sì con la tua opera che mi innamorassi dei tuoi mondi e dei tuoi eroi, ti dico addio ma so che ... click to read more Maurizio Fam Tringali ITALY Saturday 5 October 2013 00:53 Whenever life became too serious, there was always Jack to bring you back to earth. Whenever life seemed to be unfair there was always Cugel to make you realise things could be worse. Whenever new challenges seemed insurmountable there as always ... click to read more Graham Brisbane (Australia) Friday 4 October 2013 13:55 I had never read any Science Fiction until my boyfriend introduced me to it through The eyes of the overworld in 1969! We have been married for 42 years now, and Jack Vance remains the favourite author ever, for both of us. My personal favourite ... click to read more Annette Forrest Friday 4 October 2013 13:39 Have only just discovered that Jack had died. I was introduced to his books in around 1970 when a friend recommended the Dragonmasters. I didnt enjoy it that much, but once I read City of the Chasch I was hooked. He is, and will remain (I think) my ... click to read more Tony Forrest Thursday 3 October 2013 21:19 Riding my bike age 10 or so I found a pile of Sci-Fi books by somebodys house at the curb. There were some great tales like Heinleins Green Hills of Earth but fortunately one was The Dying Earth & I became a life-long fan. I have re-read my ... click to read more Vinny Colletti Thursday 3 October 2013 02:27 Jack I owe my life to your words. Omnia bona precor! Belze Wednesday 2 October 2013 21:06 Jack Vance did it all... with style! Of all her centennial paramours, nobody cherished English like he, Jack Vance. His imagination and wanderlust, style and scathing wit, attention to detail and love of colour, we might never see again; he was ... click to read more Katie T. Albrook Wednesday 2 October 2013 15:11 Maybe I signed it allready, maybe I didnt, but to be on the safe side I sign it again today. As with his books whom I still reread I might aswell enter my tribute here once again. And who knows Lurulu, who knows... Henry Oude Egberink Wednesday 2 October 2013 11:11 Jack, your books have been part of my life for decades. Whenever I need a bit of comfort reading, I pick up the Star King once more, as I did decades ago, and relive the adventures of Kirth Gersen for the umpteenth time! And the good news is that ... click to read more Richard Huggins (UK) Tuesday 1 October 2013 16:18 I never realised that Jack had left us. As others have said, he left the world a richer place than he found it. Im still amazed that anyone could write in such bright colours. A Jack Vance book is just on a whole new level. Many thanks. Jack Cole
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