Posts belonging to Category 'Jack Vance'
August 13, 2010 | Posted by Mark
Subterranean Press have announced yet another Jack Vance publication. It looks like they’re planning to publish his complete works at this rate! Here’s the blurb from their site: Dangeous Ways, a hefty (560 pages) omnibus gathering three of his best mystery novels: the Edgar Award-winning The Man in the Cage, the unforgettable hider-in-the-house thriller, Bad [...]
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July 25, 2010 | Posted by Mark
How amazingly self-indulgent of me, but I thought Sunday would be a good day for reflecting on some of the blog posts created over the last month that have also drawn the most hits over the last month, so here they are the top five! Review of Iain Banks iPhone App – way out in [...]
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July 14, 2010 | Posted by Mark
So now there’s a super duper Iain Banks iPhone App available, which other Science Fiction and Fantasy authors would merit there very own app? Well my top 5 would be: Dan Simmons His novels have such a rich background to them that I am sure there are plenty of background notes which could be digitised [...]
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July 10, 2010 | Posted by Mark
I just came across this new title from Subterranean Press. Hard-Luck Diggings is a collection of Vance’s earlier fiction, when he was trying to break into the writing industry. One could wonder therefore what the quality is like, but according to these reviews quoted by Subterranean it seems pretty good: First up, from SF Site: “Jack [...]
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October 19, 2009 | Posted by Mark
I received my limited edition copy of the Songs of the Dying Earth compilation, the book of short stories compiled by George R. R. Martin in honour of Jack Vance. I must say it’s a lovely piece of work, the leather slip case is immaculate and the cover art and illustrations inside the book are [...]
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October 6, 2009 | Posted by Mark
Just read this comment at Wertzone bout possible photocopied signatures in the limited editions of the Songs of the Dying Earth: “I have carefully examined the signature pages under very bright light and a strong magnifying glass. The signatures don’t look like the result of ink flowing from actual pens in my opinion. And the [...]
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May 22, 2009 | Posted by Mark
At last The Songs of the Dying Earth is nearly on its way. I’m looking forward to getting my signed copy that I ordered many moons ago.
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July 7, 2008 | Posted by Mark
Not read anything by him and a bit surprised – I thought he was more of a horror writer? The Subterranean site also details some other updates on the Jack Vance anthology.
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June 29, 2008 | Posted by Mark
I’ve heard The Terror is excellent and sounds like it’s well worth a limited Subterranean Press edition. Also in the same news story its mentioned that Dan Simmons contributed a 26,000 word novella to the new Songs of Dying Earth anthology tribute to Jack Vance. I’m looking forward to getting my copy of this even [...]
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