Jack Vance
Jack Vance
John Holbrook "Jack" Vancewas an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 9 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Some editions of his published works give his year of birth as 1920...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1916
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't have much vanity. I just know what I do. I just do because I'm capable of doing it and do it easily without any pretentiousness.
I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.
It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance.
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.
I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.
Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.
Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty.
The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.
I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient; each leads to the same place: the end of the universe.
The void is a mouth crying to be filled, a blank mind aching for thought, a cavity desperate for shape. What is not implies what is.
A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.
As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.