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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Good news for the Songs of Dying Earth anthology – stories added from Mike Resnick and Jeff VanderMeer plus Jack Vance himself!

As I went ahead and ordered the Songs of Dying Earth tribute, I’m now on Subterranean’s mailing list. They have just published another Jack Vance title – a Jack Vance Reader, which includes Emphyrio, The Domains of Koryphon and The Languages of Pao. I haven’t read these titles, but they do sound interesting! Great cover: