The Vance Phile Issue 2 Parm Press *********************************** * copyright 1993 Gregg Parmentier * * * * The Vance Phile can be freely * * copied, but cannot be posted to * * any public access system or BBS * * without specific permission ... * * and some restrictions. * *********************************** Hello, Vance Fans: Well, here is issue #2. A bit later than I would have liked since I've been delayed getting those elusive reprint rights (as well as remodelling my kitchen), but I've been able to do a lot more intricate layout as I've learned a bit more about AmiPro (tm). Those of you who only received the electronic ascii version should see what you're missing. I suppose next issue I may experiment with fonts a bit. I hope to get more articles, introductions, and commentaries into future issues. One thing I especially want to do is get the rights to reprint the "Captain Video" scripts from the early fifties. If anyone can tell me where to get copies, I would be very pleased. And if you can direct me where to get reprint rights I'd be even more pleased. I went to Minicon this year and I learned a lot of interesting things about fanzines from some of the people there. I had a nice little talk with Garth Edmond Danielson, and went to a panel on fanzines which included Don Fitch, Terry Garey, and Jeff Schalles. Among other things, I'll be using mimeograph equipment instead of photocopying for hard copies as soon as I find the equipment. This will save me money in the long run and also make the fanzines hold up better over time. I hope to be able to keep the cost down far enough to not need to charge for subscriptions. This doesn't mean I won't take contributions if any of you feel like sending any. I don't mind spending my own money spreading Vancian information, but there are limits. I'd also like to encourage people to send letters regarding anything in The Vance Phile or anything about Vance, and I'll print them. Nothing formal here, just a way to communicate with fellow Vance fans with the fanzine as a vehicle. You might also get fanzines of a more general nature from other fanzine editors who see your letters. I've been able to secure reprint rights to Larry Tritten's parody of Vance, "The Star Sneak", which was published in the July 1974 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Many thanks to Edward L. Ferman, the publisher of F&SF and, of course, to Larry Tritten, for allowing me to reprint it here. I laughed almost as much rereading it as I had when I first read it. In this issue I also have an article sent to me by Leon J. Janzen which he calls The "Elusive Volumes of Jack Vance". To use his own words: "I envision it ... maybe ... as the first of a series, and the intent is to try to include some of Vance's esmeric ... the idea that his early stories are 'lost' ... antique, hard to get, sort of stored away in the dusty crypt of a dying world ... and as we discuss them, we try to work in a little Vancean feel." What he sent me was meticulously laid out with color reproductions of covers which I'm not capable of reproducing with my production methods, though I wish I could so you could see it as well. Such enthusiasm is wonderful and I look forward to number two in the series. Enjoy. ******************************************************************************* The Star Sneak: a Jack Vance Parody by Larry Tritten copyright 1974 by Mercury Press, Inc. Reprinted from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (July 1974, Vol. 47, No 1) Learning of rumors to the effect that Vulgare Hokum had undertaken certain mercantile enterprises among the highland folk to the east of the city of Astropolis, on Tristan, Garth Curson chartered a star vessel and hurried to the planet. His errand: observance of his vow to enact venegeance upon each of the five Demon Pranksters who had ventured the temerity to address him in colloquial terms - one of whom was Vulgare Hokum. Curson landed at the Astropolis Spaceport, from which he immediately repaired to seek lodging in a nearby hostel, a melancholic five-story structure of uremic yellow planking and gravy-colored stone. Along the walls of the great lobby, displayed in glass cases, were the bones and preserved pelts and derma of guests who had failed to recompense their accounts. Curson observed these for some time and then, making a meticulous count of his funds, withdrew to the dining hall. The menu offered a single rude Tristanese meal - and acrid salad of native herbage, a steamed and sugared musk frog, and a pannikin of spiced broth - yet Curson's appetite was large and he ate with relish, doing his best to ignore the itinerant evangelist who practiced devotional tumbling under his table. At length, he summoned a barrow and was jounced through the sinister back alleys of Astropolis to the native bazaar, where he intended to procure banes and balms to protect him on his trek to the highlands. CHAPTER 2 Curson found the repertorium he sought, a sturdy shed of russet thatch and umber lumber, and entered. Within, in the tremulous light of a single candle flickering in a carved stone flambeau, a man whose cheeks were tatooed with talismanic graffiti stood behind a counter. Curson made a debonair gesture. "I wish to examine effectuants to insure me against brigandage on a journey into perilous regions." "Excellent!" exclaimed the keeper, and began to bring forth articles. "What do you seek? This splendid poison, perhaps?" He exhibited a coarse-textured purple powder. "When introduced into the food or drink of an enemy, it causes instant death by implosion of the internal organs. Or - here: this useful toxin compels its victim to walk askew, as though he were the wearer of uncomfortably tight underlinen. The result is obloquy! A related substance induces constant vulgar eructation, a certain woe to all who enjoy convivial discourse. What else can I recommend? Ah, this. An amulet which reverses natural dispositions. Observe!" And the keeper displayed a cage containing a brooding hyena, a sloth with a nervous condition, and a ground-rodent which was said to be claustrophobic. Curson shrugged. "None of these items seem to be exactly what I seek." "And yet," replied the keeper, frowning gravely, "I must caution you to purchase all. I am prepared to waft tox mephis at you, a potion which will distort the lucidity of your speech, causing you to express yourself in slang and monosyllables!" Curson made his purchases and departed hastily. CHAPTER 3 At dawn Curson joined a company of pilgrims who were bound east toward the highlands. All day the pilgrims marched along the river Zag, singing raffish songs, engaging in affable chatter and bandinage, and playfully thrusting one another into bogs. In the dying afternoon an armada of thunderclouds edged with wan light sailed across the darkening sky, threatening deluge. Shelter was sought in a cave. Here sobriety replaced casual banter, and discussions of a metaphysical and philosophical tone ensued. One called Fragon, an extreme cynic, professed a unique cosmology: he maintained that the celestial bodies were ordure produced by a great deity, offering in conclusion: "...and, as it is well known that a variety of vermin spawns in such matter, thus were the races of the universe born." "This is impiety!" retorted Hakule, a tall muscular man with flashing eyes like black gems. "Such a creed makes jest of the Devine Artificer. In accordance with the teaching of the holy sage Whilom, I attest the doctrine which fully acknowledges the essential nature of our creator - sweetness: the heavenly spheres are various sorts of comfits, bonbons, and the like, the work of the Cosmic Confectioner. The races of the universe are analagous to animalculae partaking sustenance." "Bah!" cried another cynic. "If anything, the cosmos is the effect of a deity who specializes in the art of caricature. How else explain the sorry state of things in relation to what they might ideally be?" At length, Curson was called upon to expound his own creed. He chose to do so by object lesson, producing a small knife and easing the pilgrims of their valuables, then slipping quickly from the cave to continue his journey alone. CHAPTER 4 The following day Curson toiled the the crest of a high barren hill where he crouched behind the jutting bulk of a large crag, gazing down at the terrain far below: the entire valley was filled with orchards of gray-brown pod-bearing stalks, thousands upon thousands of them, stretching far away over a series of rolling hillocks into the blue-hazed regions of the north. Even as Curson watched, a large aggregation of harvesters appeared and began picking the pods; these harvesters were a motley throng - outworlders all: there were obese, omnivorous anthropoids from Viand, clad in edible tunics and pantaloons ... Capellan bird-fellows, now fluttering, now stepping ... complaisant automatons from Mao's Planet, Earthmen, Alderbaranese like orange stucco gorillas, others of all shapes and origins. Interplanetary braceros, thought Curson. So these were Vulgare Hokum's employees! But what was the nature of the enterprise? And where might Vulgare Hokum himself be found? The sun was a wound, the horizon to the west a blood-drenched swath by the time Curson had descended from the heights. Disguised in a monk's hooded cloak, he approached a harvester, a solemn, industrious Earthman working alone at the edge of one of the orchards. When near enough for contact, he flourished his knife and pressed it to the man's collarbone. "Satisfy my queries, or I carve expletives on your visage!" snapped Curson. "First, state where Vulgare Hokum may be found - then explain the import of these pods!" The man blanched with fear, evinced a gasp of supplication. "Forbear! Candor is my ethic! Vulgare Hokum may be sought yonder -" he pointed a trembling finger vigorously "- in his office-shed. As for the pods, these are to be gathered, dried, cured and shipped to a cereal manufactory in Battle Creek, Michigan, at which point they will be processed into flakes to be packaged with charms and sold as a breakfast treat known as Polykrisps. The aim of the undertaking is thus: the plant has a narcotic effect, and Vulgare Hokum intends to distribute samples, addict the galaxy, and administer a reign of ribaldry." Curson pondered the explanation for a moment, then nodded slowly. "I give you your life," he murmured, and struck the man unconscious with the haft of his blade. CHAPTER 5 Now the moment of denouement was at hand. Curson strode to the door of Vulgare Hokum's office-shed, turned the knob, pushed, and sprang inside with a loud cry. Vulgare Hokum, aghast, lurched to his feet behind a metal desk, dropping a small bouquet of stimulative blooms he had been sniffing; he stood transfixed, a lank, full-bearded rogue attired all in black - a tailored suit and a stylish cape emblazoned with the emblem on an ancient epicurean cult; profiled head of white hare with bow tie. Curson raised an admonitory finger. "Now you must answer for your peccancies, villain!" "What th' hell's peccancy?" came the surly retort; then, "You ain't gettin' me! I'm gettin' out -" In midsentence, Vulgare Hokum primed himself, made a dramatic leap for a nearby window; but Curson was upon him at once, knife flashing. There was a brisk scuffle, a violent embrace and falling away. Before he drew his last breath, Vulgare Hokum, prostrate on the floor, grimacing sourly, addressed a fusillade of Pig Latin at Curson. Then Curson left to assume his new role as enterpreneur and supervise the harvesting of his pods. ******************************************************************************* Comparative Reviews: Demon Princes I recently decided to read some serialized versions of Vance's work. I did not do a rigorous comparison between versions, but whenever I thought something different I compared them with the Underwood-Miller editions. Here are the differences which I noticed: _The Star King_ Serialized December 1963 and February 1964 in Galaxy. The name of the first Demon Prince was "Grendel (the Monster)" in the serialization, rather than "Attel Malagate (the Woe)". Kirth Gersen's grandfather was Rolf Harpit Gersen in Galaxy and Rolf Marr Gersen in the book. Much of the discussion between Gersen, Warweave, Detteras, and Kelle as to who is to go to the planet discovered by Lugo Teehalt, and when they are to leave, was not in the serialization. The text added to the discussion made that area much less abrupt. The magazine text is: Gersen made a last ditch protest. "My boat is small for four. Better if only one went with me." Detteras threw his hands into the air, turned to the screen, called his secretary. "Cancel all my appointments. Urgent business is taking me out of town. We'll take the departmental ship." The book has slightly over a page between those paragraphs, with discussion of when they would leave and how it would disrupt schedules. _The Palace of Love_ Serialized October 1966, December 1966, and February 1967 in Galaxy. (_The Killing Machine_ was not serialized, nor were the last two books which came out much later). All of the text of the novel up to chapter three is not in the serialized version. This is the part on Sarkovy, where Gersen and Alusz Iphigenia part company. In it's place is a page of discussion with Kirth Gersen as to how he lives his life and his attitudes about his goals. Given Gersen's motivations and methods it seems ludicrous to have this kind of lead-in. Gersen would not have talked about his motivations even were his quest known or discovered. None of the chapter lead-ins, the parts that are excerpts of fictitious books, are in the serialized version. I assume this is because of length, because the editor of Galaxy when both were printed was Frederik Pohl. Also missing are the footnotes. The first part of the serialization has a sentence added at the end. This is just after Gersen fails to kill Viole Falushe at the party arranged by Narvath. It's just a teaser, "His quest had begun badly . . . but he had all the time in the world." ****************************************************************************** The Elusive Volumes of Jack Vance by Leon J. Janzen "I know I'm writing for people to read, but long ago I decided I wouldn't make consessions to the low end of the readership ... I wouldn't condescend ... because that's no fun." - Jack Vance to interviewer Jack Rawlins, Demon Princes, Borgo Press, 1986 That description of his work, in Vance's own words, explains why his stories seem so unique to those of us who have discovered them ... and why we search for them, collect them, and reread them. It also explains why most of his books (especially the earlier editions) are so difficult to explain. It seems certain to those of us trying to assemble "the complete works of Jack Vance" that the paperback (and occasional hardbound) first appearances of his books are among the rarest in the Science Fiction genre. The problem is not in the variety and number of titles ... Jack Vance has been in print almost constantly (thank goodness) in the pulps, the digests, in paperback anthologies, and novels for over forty years. It seems apparent that the small print runs and minimal distribution of these books always made finding a new Jack Vance edition difficult ... and created a book-search nightmare for collectors in later years. Those masters of the small press, Underwood-Miller, have just offered a beautiful limited hardback edition of one of these "elusive volumes of Vance" ... _The Five Gold Bands_. One of Vance's first novels, it's an example of good old 50's space opera, and is just what you'd expect within the lurid pages of Startling Stories where it first appeared. As we read it from today's perspective, there are many discernable examples of that special Vance flavor we've come to depend on in his later books. Here are strange beings, unsympathetically described, like the Kudthu guards with their "purple skins ... desexed nearly mindless creatures produced by surgery and forced feeding ... huge muscular creatures with tumescent red wattles like cocks." The hero, Paddy Blackthorn, is presented as a simple two-fisted adventurer, but his Jack Vance derivation is soon obvious as he translates for his captors, the ominous five Sons of Langtry. Paddy puts his own 'spin' on their meanings, hoping to influence the proceedings while escaping the consequences. Then, suddenly ... death, "defilement of holy places", and "the most apalling crime in the history of space..." Many new settings unfold as Paddy pursues the secret of space-drive and the Vance word paintings are there: "Two flights down and the stairs opened into the basement below the clothing store, a long low room dug into the ground, lit by antique glow-tubes. Old cases, dusty furniture cast tall black shadows - junk brought accross the mindless miles of space to rot and smoulder in a basement." The color dustjacket of the new edition of _The Five Gold Bands_ uses the artwork from the original November, 1950 'Startling Stories'. This painting, of Vance's Earther woman "performing an exotic dance, sinuous as running water" was done by veteran artist Earle Bergey, even though U/M credits the jacket design to Arnie Fenner [ed's note: I'm not sure that jacket design is supposed to be an artist credit ]. The great old pulp magazine headlined the Vance novel on the cover and at the front of the book from page 11 to page 77. There are several interior illustrations ( by Orban... ) including cameos of Paddy and Fay Bursill, and ( true to the 50's genre ) another of the dancing girl. Copies of 'Startling Stories', and the companion title Thrilling Wonder, are readily available from specialty magazines dealers for about $10, although you'll pay more for nice condition. Several years later this novel was published as _The Space Pirate_, in 1953 by Toby Press, and this is truly one of the "elusive volumes". It's an attractive digest-type paperback with a color illustrated cover and no interior artwork on its 128 pages. Printed on pulp paper, this edition is much like the digest science fiction magazines (Galaxy, If, Worlds Beyond, etc.)which had begun to sway the market away from the larger, cruder pulps. The title page states that it is complete and unabridged, and the back cover informs us that it's "a story of the world of the not-so-distant future, in which a descendant of yours, dear reader, may well be playing the role of Paddy - Space Pirate." This "first edition" of Vance's second published novel was thinly bound in paper cover stock ( like a digest ) and is less durable than a true paperback book. If you've got one, you're a collector both persistant and lucky. This story next appeared 10 years later, in 1963, as a part of an Ace Double novel (F-185) ... back to back with an all-time favorite, _The Dragon Masters_. Once again called _The Five Gold Bands_, it unrolls this time in 122 pages. The cover painting is quite modern and NASA-like, showing Paddy chained in place with five silver missiles in the background. Ace re-released this double volume in 1972 (#16640) in a taller format, with _The Five Gold Bands_ being recovered by our hero in 146 pages this time. Ace was the source for most of the Jack Vance science fiction novels we enjoyed during the 60's, and their double novels were a successful marketing idea. These editions are both readily available and very collectable today. _The Five Gold Bands_ is a satisfying, enjoyable example of the earlier work of Jack Vance. The book has a happy, romantic ending for Paddy and Fay belied by this announcement on Paddy Blackthorn's receiver: "Paddy Blackthorn, the convict and assassin, has been killed on a dead-planet hide-out by a Koton patrol ship. No further details have been released. Thus the greatest manhunt in the history of space comes to an end and interstellar traffic returns to normal." Thanks, Jack. ******************************************************************************* Please send any changes, additions, corrections, etc. related to the Jack Vance bibliography to hans@wyst.hobby.nl. Requests for copies of the bibliography should go to me at: parmentier@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu Hans has to pay for outgoing email, so will not be able to accept requests. Hans makes sure that I always have the latest version of the bibliography. ******************************************************************************* Hans Verkuil's Bibliography: Sections 3 & 5; Sections 1, 2, 4, & 6 were in Issue #1. --------------------------------- JACK VANCE BOOKS AND STORIES --------------------------------- Last update: January 23, 1993 [ Modified April-July, 1993 by Gregg Parmentier ] This is a compilation of novels, stories, etc. written by Jack Vance (full name: John Holbrook Vance). I've tried to make it as complete as was possible and the result is quite good. There are six sections: 1 - A list of all his SF-books and short story collections. 2 - A list of all his non-SF books. 3 - A list of all his stories. 4 - A list of his short story collections and the stories that appear in them. 5 - A probably incomplete list of Jack Vance stories that appeared in anthologies. 6 - Miscellaneous, or everything that didn't fit in the previous sections. If you have additional information, or you see inconsistencies or errors, please e-mail them to me: hans@wyst.hobby.nl (note the address change since Issue #1 of The Vance Phile.) I want to thank the following people who helped me by providing lists and other Vance-related material I used in compiling this list: Richard W. Gombert Esther Hu Gregg Parmentier Richard Vermaas John C. Wenn Remy Wetzels Enjoy! Hans Verkuil Section 3: A list of all of Jack Vance's short stories and their first published locations. 'magazine' single quoted "anthology" double quoted Abercrombie Station 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Feb 1952 Alfred's Ark 'New Worlds' May 1965 Assault on a City [Nominated for 1975 Hugo Award] "Universe #4", Terry Carr, 1974 The Augmented Agent [aka "I-C-A-BEM"] 'Amazing Stories' Oct 1961 The Bagful of Dreams "Flashing Swords #4", Lin Carter, 1977 Big Planet 'Startling Stories' Sep 1952 Brain of the Galaxy See: The New Prime The Brains of Earth See: Nopalgarth Cat Island "Light From a Lone Star" The Cave in the Forest 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Jul 1966 Chateau d'If See: New Bodies for Old Cholwell's Chickens 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Aug 1952 Cil [aka "The Eyes of the Overworld"] "The Eyes of the Overworld" 1966 Cosmic Hotfoot See: To B or Not to C or to D Coupe de Grace [aka "Worlds of Origin"] 'Super Science Fiction' Feb 1958 Crusade to Alambar See: Crusade to Maxus Crusade to Maxus [aka "Crusade to Alambar"] [aka "Overlords of Maxus"] 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Feb 1951 Dead Ahead See: Ultimate Quest The Devil on Salvation Bluff "Star Science Fiction #3", Frederik Pohl, 1954 Dodkin's Job 'Astounding' Oct 1959 The Dogtown Tourist Agency "Epoch", Elwood/Silverberg, 1975 Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater 'Marvel Science Stories' Nov 1951 DP! "Avon Science Fiction Reader #4" 1953 The Dragon Masters [Winner of the 1963 HUGO Award] 'Galaxy' Aug 1962 The Dreamer [aka "The Enchanted Princess"] 'Orbit Science Fiction' Nov/Dec 1954 Dust of Far Suns See: Sail 25 Ecological Onslaught See: The World Between The Enchanted Princess See: The Dreamer The Eyes of the Overworld See: Cil Fader's Waft "Rhialto the Marvellous" 1984 First Star I See Tonight [as John Van See] 'Malcom's Mystery Magazine', Mar 1954 Four Hundred Blackbirds 'Future Science Fiction' Jul 1953 Freitzke's Turn "Triax", Robert Silverberg, 1977 From Life Volume I, by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey Magicon Original Bookmark Anthology #7, 1989 Excerpt from a Demon Princes Book Gateway to Strangeness See: Sail 25 The Gift of Gab 'Astounding' Sep 1955 Golden Girl 'Marvel Science Stories' May 1951 Green Magic 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Jun 1963 Guyal of Sfere "The Dying Earth" 1950 Hard Luck Diggings 'Startling Stories' Jul 1948 The House of Iszm 'Startling Stories' Sep 1954 The House Lords 'Saturn Science Fiction and Fantasy' Oct 1957 The Howling Bounders 'Startling Stories' Mar 1949 I-C-A BEM See: The Augmented Agent I'll Build Your Dream Castle 'Astounding' Sep, 1947 The King of Thieves 'Startling Stories' Nov 1949 The Kokod Warriors 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Oct 1952 The Kragen 'Fantastic' Jul 1964 The Last Castle [Winner of the 1966 Nebula Award] [Winner of the 1967 HUGO Award] 'Galaxy' Apr 1966 Liane the Wayfarer See: The Loom of Darkness The Loom of Darkness [aka Liane the Wayfarer] 'Worlds Beyond' Dec 1950 The Man From Zodiac 'Amazing Stories' Aug 1967 The Manse of Iuconu 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Jul 1966 The Masquerade on Dicantropus 'Startling Stories' Sep 1951 Mazirian the Magician "The Dying Earth" 1950 Meet Miss Universe 'Fantastic Universe' Mar 1955 Men of the Ten Books 'Startling Stories' Mar 1951 The Men Return 'Infinity Science Fiction' Jul 1957 The Miracle-Workers 'Astounding' Jul 1958 The Mitr 'Vortex Science Fiction #1' 1953 The Moon Moth 'Galaxy' Aug 1961 Morreion "Flashing Swords #1", Lin Carter, 1973 The Mountains of Magnatz 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Feb 1966 The Murthe "Rhialto the Marvellous" 1984 The Narrow Land 'Fantastic' Jul 1967 New Bodies for Old [aka Chateau D'If] 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Aug 1950 The New Prime [aka "Brain of the Galaxy"] 'Worlds Beyond' Feb 1951 Noise 'Startling Stories' Aug 1952 Nopalgarth [aka "The Brains of Earth"] "The Worlds of Jack Vance" 1966 Overlords of Maxus See: Crusade to Maxus The Overworld 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Dec 1965 Parapsyche 'Amazing Stories' Aug 1958 Phalid's Fate 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Dec 1946 Phantom Milkman 'Other Worlds' Feb 1956 The Pilgrims 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Jun 1966 The Plagian Siphon See: The Planet Machine The Planet Machine [aka "The Plagian Siphon"] 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Oct 1951 Planet of the Black Dust 'Startling Stories' Summer 1946 Planet of the Damned [aka "Gold and Iron"] [aka Slaves of the Klau"] 'Space Stories' Dec 1952 The Potters of Firsk 'Astounding' May 1950 A Practical Man's Guide 'Space Science Fiction' Aug 1957 Rumfuddle "Three Trips in Time and Space", Robert Silverberg, 1973 Sabotage on Sulphur Planet 'Startling Stories' Jun 1952 Sail 25 [aka "Gateway to Strangeness"] [aka "Dust of Far Suns"] 'Amazing Stories' Aug 1962 Sanatoris Short-cut 'Startling Stories' Sep 1948 The Secret 'Impulse' Mar 1966 Seven Exits from Bocz 'The Rhodomagnetic Digest' V4 #2 1952 [fanzine] The Seventeen Virgins 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Oct 1974 Shape-Up 'Cosmos Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine' Nov 1953 Sjambak 'Worlds of IF Science Fiction' Jul 1953 Son of the Tree 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Jun 1951 The Sorcerer Pharesm 'The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' Apr 1966 The Spa of the Stars 'Startling Stories' Jul 1950 The Sub-Standard Sardines 'Startling Stories' Jan 1949 Sulwen's Planet "The Farthest Reaches", Joseph Elder, 1968 T'Sais "The Dying Earth" 1950 Telek 'Astounding' Jan 1952 The Temple of Han 'Planet Stories' Jul 1951 Three Legged Joe 'Startling Stories' Jan 1953 To B or Not to C or to D [aka "Cosmic Hotfoot"] 'Startling Stories' Sep 1950 Turjan of Miir "The Dying Earth" 1950 Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream "The Dying Earth" 1950 Ullward's Retreat 'Galaxy' Dec 1958 Ultimate Quest [as John Holbrook] 'Super Science Stories' Sep 1950 The Unspeakable McInch 'Startling Stories' Nov 1948 (Untitled Story) article on Jazz music (Untitled Story) article on Jazz music When the Five Moons Rise 'Cosmos Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine' Mar 1954 Where Hesperus Falls 'Fantastic Universe' Oct 1956 Winner Lose All 'Galaxy' Dec, 1951 The World Between [aka "Ecological Onslaught"] 'Future SF'' May 1953 Worlds of Origin See: Coupe de Grace The World-Thinker 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' Summer 1945 Section 5: A list of Jack Vance stories that appeared in anthologies, magazine serialized novels, and secondary magazine printings. h = hardcover edition t = trade paperback edition m = mass market paperback edition s = magazine serialization or reprinting Abercrombie Station The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book, Asimov/Martin/Greenberg h [1983] 0-517-54978-6 Crown Alfred's Ark SF Reprise 5, Michael Moorcock Assault on a City Universe #4, Terry Carr h [1974] Random/SFBC The Asutra (serialization) 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' May 1973, June 1973 The Augmented Agent [aka "I-C-A-BEM"] The Best From Amazing, Ted White The Bagful of Dreams Flashing Swords #4, Lin Carter h [1977] SFBC m [1977] 0-440-12627-4 Dell Year's Finest Fantasy, Terry Carr m [1978] 0-425-03808-4 Berkley Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, Hartwell h [1993] 0-681-41739-0 Longmeadow h [1993] 1-56865-039-6 Guild America Books The Brave Free Men (serialization) 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' July 1972, August 1972 Coupe de Grace [aka "Worlds of Origin"] The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh h [1979] Doubleday/SFBC The Devil on Salvation Bluff Star Science Fiction #3, Frederik Pohl m [1962] F 675 Ballantine m [1972] 0-345-02719-1 Ballantine Dodkin's Job Windows Into Tomorrow, Robert Silverberg h [1974] LC 73-10639 Hawthorn m [1975] 0-523-00520-2 Pinnacle The Survival of Freedom, Pournelle/Carr m [1981] 0-449-24435-0 Fawcett The Dogtown Tourist Agency Epoch, Elwood/Silverberg h [1975] Berkley/SFBC m [1977] 0-425-03315-5 Berkley DP! The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954, Bleiler/Dikty The Best Science Fiction Stories: Fifth Series, Bleiler/Dikty Political Science Fiction, Greenberg/Warrick h [1974] 0-13-685404-4 Prentice-Hall Science Fiction of the 50's, Martin H. Greenberg h [1979] Avon/SFBC t [1979] 0-380-46409-8 Avon The Dragon Masters The Hugo Winners (Volume 2), Isaac Asimov Stories from the Hugo Winners Volume 2, Isaac Asimov m [1973] 0-449-01880-6 Fawcett The Hugo Winners: 1963-1967, Isaac Asimov The Hugo Winners: Volumes 1 and 2, Isaac Asimov h Doubleday/SFBC The Dreamer [aka "The Enchanted Princess"] Space Station 42 and Other Stories, Anonymous The Faceless Man (serialization) 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' Feb. 1971, Mar. 1971 Freitzke's Turn Triax, Robert Silverberg m [1977] 0-523-40121-3 Pinnacle The Gift of Gab Best SF 3, Edmund Crispin Out of This World 2, Williams-Ellis/Owen Alpha 3, Robert Silverberg m [1972] 0-345-02883-X Ballantine The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, Silverberg/Greenberg Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Silverberg/Greenberg h [1987] 0-517-64124-0 Crown/Avenel From Mind to Mind: Tales of Communication from Analog (Anthology #9), Schmidt h [1984] 0-385-18646-6 Dial t [1984] 0-385-18646-6 Davis Green Magic Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction 13, Avram Davidson h [1964] LC 52-5510 Doubleday Special Wonder, Francis J. McComas Special Wonder: Volume 2, Francis J. McComas m [1971] 0-8441-9505-7 Beagle Strange Dreams, Stephen R. Donaldson t [1993] 0-553-37103-7 Bantam The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ferman Guyal of Sfere The Ends of Time, Robert Silverberg m [1970] A778N Award Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantsy Novels, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh The Mammoth Book of Short Fantasy Novels, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh Hard Luck Diggings Possible Worlds of Science Fiction, Groff Conklin The Howling Bounders Worlds of Wonder, Harry Harrison Blast Off: SF for Boys, Harrison I'll Build Your Dream Castle Great Stories of Space Travel, Groff Conklin m [1963] 0-448-05313-6 Tempo The King of Thieves Looking Forward, Milton Lesser Ghosts, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh The Kokod Warriors The Science Fiction Olympics, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh Space Gladiators, Drake/Waugh/Greenberg The Kragen 'Most Thrilling SF Ever Told No. 12' Spring 1969 Mythical Beasties, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh Mythic Beasts, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh The Last Castle Nebula Award Stories No. 2, Aldiss/Harrison m [1968] 0-671-75114-X Pocket Nebula Award Stories 1967, Aldiss/Harrison The Hugo Winners (Volume 2), Isaac Asimov Stories from the Hugo Winners Volume 2, Isaac Asimov m [1973] 0-449-01880-6 Fawcett The Hugo Winners: 1963-1967, Isaac Asimov The Hugo Winners: Volumes 1 and 2, Isaac Asimov h Doubleday/SFBC Ace Science Fiction Reader, Donald A. Wollheim m [1971] 0-441-00275-7 Ace Trilogy of the Future, Donald A. Wollheim The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume III, Arthur C. Clarke [VOLUME IV in the UK.] m [1982] 0-380-79335-0 Avon The Loom of Darkness [aka Liane the Wayfarer] Realms of Wizardry, Lin Carter A Treasury of Modern Fantasy, Carr/Greenberg t [1981] 0-380-77115-2 Avon Masters of Fantasy, Carr/Greenberg h [1992] 0-88365-786-4 Galahad Marune:Alastor 933 (serialization) 'Amazing' Jul. 1975, Sep. 1975 Mazirian the Magician The Spell of Seven, L. Sprague de Camp The Fantasy Hall of Fame, Silverberg/Greenberg h [1983] 0-87795-521-2 Arbor House The Mammoth Book of All-Time Greats, Silverberg/Greenberg Wizards, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh m [1983] 0-451-12542-8 Signet Witches & Wizards, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh Men of the Ten Books The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1952, Bleiler/Dikty The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series, Bleiler/Dikty Out of This World 1, Williams-Ellis/Owen The Men Return Alpha 2, Robert Silverberg m [1971] 0-345-02419-2 Ballantine Evil Earths, Brian W. Aldiss m [1976] 0-8600-7889-2 Futura The Miracle-Workers The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, Silverberg/Greenberg h [1980] Arbor House/SFBC t [1980] 0-87795-295-7 Priam Books Blood and Iron: There Will Be War Vol. III, Pournelle/Carr m [1984] 0-812-45955-4 Tor (US) m [1984] 0-812-45956-2 Tor (Can) Spells, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh m [1985] 0-451-13578-4 Signet Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh h [1987] 0-517-64105-4 Bonanza The Mitr Space Opera, Brian W. Aldiss h [1974] DoubledaySFBC m [1977] 0-425-03344-9 Berkley The Moon Moth Alpha 1, Robert Silverberg m [1974] 0-345-02014-6 Ballantine Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2B, Ben Bova h [1973] SFBC m [1973] 0-380-19729-4 Avon Yesterday's Tomorrows, Frederik Pohl The Road to Science Fiction #4, James E. Gunn Modern Classics of Science Fiction, Gardner Dozois h [1991] 0-312-07238-4 St. Martin t [1992] 0-312-08847-7 St. Martin Morreion Flashing Swords #1, Lin Carter h [1973] Doubleday/SFBC m [1973] 0-440-02640-7 Dell The New Prime [aka "Brain of the Galaxy"] Galactic Dreamers, Robert Silverberg h [1977] 0-394-49479-2 Random House Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder, Silverberg h [1987] 0-446-51369-5 Warner t [1987] 0-446-39012-7 (US) Warner t [1987] 0-446-39013-5 (Can) Warner h [1987] 0-575-04355-5 Gollancz t [1987] 0-575-04356-3 Gollancz Noise The Best From Startling Stories, Samuel Mines Startling Stories, Samuel Mines h [1954] ? Cassell Moment Without Time, Samuel Mines Deep Space, Robert Silverberg h [1973] 0-8407-6264-X Nelson h [1973] Nelson/SFBC m [1974] 0-440-03264-4 Dell Strange Glory, Gerry Goldberg The Overworld Sorcerers!, Dann/Dozois m [1986] 0-441-77532-2 Ace The Palace of Love (serialization) 'Galaxy' Oct. 1966 - Feb. 1967 The Potters of Firsk Time Probe: the Sciences in SF, Arthur C. Clarke m [1967] 8925 Dell Rumfuddle Three Trips in Time and Space, Robert Silverberg m [1974] 0-440-08827-5 Dell The Best Science Fiction of the Year No. 3, Terry Carr m [1974] 0-345-24063-4 Ballantine Sail 25 [aka "Gateway to Strangeness", aka "Dust of Far Suns"] The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh h [1980] Fawcett/SFBC m [1980] 0-449-24349-4 Fawcett The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction, Asimov/Greenberg/Waugh h [1982] 0-517-38595-3 Bonanza Amazing Stories: Visions of Other Worlds, Greenberg The Secret The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VII, Gerald W. Page m [1979] 0-87997-476-1 DAW The Seventeen Virgins The Year's Best Fantasy Stories, Lin Carter Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, Hartwell h [1993] 0-681-41739-0 Longmeadow h [1993] 1-56865-039-6 Guild America Books Star King (serialization) 'Galaxy' Dec. 1963, Feb. 1964 The Sub-Standard Sardines Space Police, Andre Norton Sulwen's Planet The Farthest Reaches, Joseph Elder m [1969] 0-671-75456-4 Pocket Telek Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, Robert Silverberg m [1970] 0-345-01960-1 Ballantine Trullion: Alastor 2262 (serialization) 'Amazing' s March 1973, June 1973 Turjan of Miir The Young Magicians, Lin Carter Ullward's Retreat SF: Authors' Choice 4, Harry Harrison h [1974] Putnam/SFBC m [1974] 0-425-02622-1 Berkley Winner Lose All Omnibus of Science Fiction, Conklin h [1952] Crown/SFBC h [1980] 0-517-32097-5 Bonanza The World Between [aka "Ecological Onslaught"] The Infinite Web, Robert Silverberg ******************************************************************************* Next Issue: Dutch Bibliography More serialization to novel reviews. Another installment of The Elusive Volumes of Jack Vance. An interesting article or two. Possible optional illustrations. ******************************************************************************* The Vance Bibliography, additions to sections 1 and 6: Section 1: The Five Gold Bands h [1993] 0-88733-160-2* Underwood-Miller h [1993] 0-88733-159-9 Underwood-Miller Throy h [1993] SFBC Section 6: Larry Tritten The Star Sneak The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1974 Hewett, Jerry & Mallet, Daryl F. (eds.) The Work of Jack Vance h [1993] 0-88733-166-1* Underwood-Miller h [1993] 0-88733-165-3 Underwood-Miller Various Quotes from many critics: (Underwood, Spinrad, Shirley, etc) Contemporary Literary Critisism, Vol 35 Linear Man: Jack Vance and the Value of Plot is Science Fiction Extrapolations, Summer 1983