Jack vance

Local boy Joe Bain has been elected County Sheriff, after his success with the murders in Fox Valley. He's just settling into the job when someone kills the Pleasant Grove mail carrier with a hammer. One of the wealthy families along Madrone Way must be involved, but the circumstances are peculiar - and a break in the case is slow to come. The hammer strikes again, and again... The Pleasant Grove Murders is Volume 22 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

Na het verdrijven van de Ska houdt Koning Aillas met zijn Ulfse troepen de onneembare vesting Po litetz bezet, tot groot ongenoegen van Koning Audry van Dahaut, op wie de Ska het fort hadden veroverd. Koning Casmir van Lyonesse is er al evenmin gelukkig mee, want nu kan hij Dahaut niet langer via de Vlakte der Schaduwen binnenvallen; de Oude Eilanden balanceren op het randje van een grote oorlog... Hoog in de Teach tac Teach tracht oppermagi r Murgen vanuit zijn kasteel Swer Smod een mysterieuze dreiging af te wenden, terwijl vanuit een glazen bol de verslagen Tamurello hem in de vorm van een wezelskelet met boosaardige zwarte oogjes gadeslaat. Prinses Madouc van Lyonesse komt erachter dat ze een wisselkind is en besluit om, bijgestaan door Ridder Pom-pom, de wijde wereld in te trekken op zoek naar haar stamboom en de Graal. Het wordt een tocht vol gevaren en magie terwijl in de diepte Joald zich roert... Voor Madouc, het sluitstuk van de vermaarde Lyonesse trilogie, ontving Jack Vance een World Fantasy Award. Madouc is deel 54 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight. Omslagillustratie: Luc Desmarchelier. Deze vertaling van Annemarie van Ewyck verscheen eerder bij Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1990. De tekst van de Spatterlight editie is op diverse punten gecorrigeerd en aangepast aan de hedendaagse spelling. Bevat 6 pagina's nieuwe kaarten.

A society matron underwrites the interstellar tour of an Earth opera company, performing Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini for bewildered human and alien audiences on a kaleidoscopic range of planets. But intrigue and secret agendas complicate what was already a doubtful enterprise, and the matron's feckless nephew finds that the simple country girl he plans to marry is far more mysterious than she seems. This is Jack Vance at his funniest, rolling out a rollicking picaresque tale where the belly laughs play a perfect duet with the grandmaster's sly observations on the absurdities of life, love and librettos.

On Big Planet lies the Tinsitala Steppe and the great Vissel River, navigated by showboats bringing entertainment and spectacle to far-flung, idiosyncratic communities ashore. Canny ship-masters press relentlessly for advantage among quirky and boisterous audiences; competition is fierce. The stage is set for poignant mishap. The king of a wealthy up-river realm plans a great contest among showboats. Lured by the boon, Apollon Zamp sails into unknown regions, accompanied by the enchanting but enigmatic Damsel Blanche-Aster, and her suitor Throdorus Gassoon. Meanwhile arch-rival Garth Ashgale plots Zamp's downfall. Adventure, betrayal, high and low art, tragedy and farce ensue, in the inimitable style of Jack Vance. The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII South, Big Planet is Volume 5 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

Big Planet is populated by an odd assortment of splinter societies, where beauty and evil dwell in uneasy proximity. The self-styled Bajarnum of Beaujolais seeks to rule the planet; Claude Glystra leads a commission from Earth to investigate, but his ship is sabotaged in orbit and crashes far from safety. Glystra must trek 40,000 miles across the vast surface of Big Planet to Earth Enclave if he is to succeed - but his first challenge is to survive. Big Planet is Volume 4 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

Au cours d'une carri re qui s' tale sur plus de soixante ans, Jack Vance a produit une oeuvre consid rable tant en quantit qu'en qualit , avec nombre de chefs-d'oeuvre tels que la Geste des Princes-D mons, Lyonesse, La Terre Mourante, Tscha , les Chroniques de Durdane et celles de Cadwal... la liste est trop longue pour tre dress e ici. Grand Ma tre incontest de la SF, il a inspir de nombreux crivains qui lui ont rendu de vibrants hommages (Gene Wolfe, Dan Simmons, George R. R. Martin...). Mais il est toujours rest relativement discret sur lui-m me, un de ses principes tant que l'auteur doit se faire oublier afin que le lecteur profite au maximum de son oeuvre... Cela tant, dans les derni res ann es de sa vie, il a accept de se confier, et il a dict ses souvenirs son ami Jeremy Cavaterra. Vous allez pouvoir d couvrir Vance l'homme, au travers duquel vous percevrez, ici et l , Vance l' crivain. Souvenirs d'enfance, de jeunesse, tudes, grands voyages et aventures, famille, amis et connaissances, passion pour le jazz et les voiliers... Un personnage remarquable qui a eu la chance, dit-il, de vivre une p riode int ressante... et nombre de ses exp riences se sont retrouv es dans ses livres, pour notre plus grand bonheur. Cette autobiographie a valu Vance un prix Hugo en 2010.

Gold and Iron Roy Barch, the first Earthman held captive by the Klau on the planet Magarak, had to accomplish the superhuman - he had to fins a way back to Earth And he had to warn his people, make them aware of the menace from the skies, or in no time the entire human race would become slaves of the Klau. Clarges Gavin Waylock had been exceedingly careful about hiding his past. Then he met The Jacynth. He recognized that a wisdom far beyond her apparent age allowed Jacynth to know too much about him to live. For her, death would be a mere inconvenience, but once The Jacynth came back, Gavin Waylock's life would be an everlasting hell

Na de val van Kasteel Tintzin Fyral wordt Faude Carfilhiot opgeknoopt en zijn lijk verbrand. Maar uit de brandstapel ontsnapt een smerige groene walm, de kwaadaardige essentie van de heks Desme . De wind voert de walm mee naar zee, waar deze zich met het zeeschuim vermengt en samenbalt tot een groene parel die wordt opgeslokt door een bot. Wanneer de bot wordt gevangen door een arme visser blijkt al gauw dat de parel ieder die hem aanraakt aantast met hebzucht en uiteindelijk zijn eigenaar in het verderf stort. Terwijl de parel van hand tot hand gaat, poogt koning Aillas in Noord-Ulfland de invasie van de Ska tot staan te brengen, en laaien de ambities van koning Casmir om koning van de Oude Eilanden te worden weer fel op. Aan Casmir's gemoedsrust knaagt de profetie van de magische spiegel Persilian dat niet hijzelf maar de eerstgeborene van de prinses Suldrun op de troon Evandig zal komen te zitten. Casmir zal dan ook alles in het werk stellen om Glyneth en prins Dhrun te vinden, en schuwt daarbij niet om de hulp in te roepen van onfrisse figuren als Visbhume, een tovenaarsdiscipel zonder scrupules. De Groene Parel is het tweede deel van de vermaarde Lyonesse trilogie, het Fantasy magnum opus van Jack Vance. De Groene Parel is deel 53 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight. Omslagillustratie: Luc Desmarchelier. Deze vertaling van Annemarie van Ewyck verscheen eerder bij Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1985. De tekst van de Spatterlight editie is op diverse punten gecorrigeerd en aangepast aan de hedendaagse spelling. Bevat 6 pagina's nieuwe kaarten.

POD 49 Marune: Alastor 933The Connatic rules the three thousand inhabited planets of the Alastor Cluster from his palace Lusz on the world Numenes. Though his military force can bring considerable might to bear where necessary, the Connatic often wanders among his subjects incognito, intervening to right a wrong, or leaving well enough alone. A young man knows nothing of his origins or his name. He is identified at the Connatic's hospital as a Rhune, one of the ruling class of Marune. On Marune he resumes his identity as Efraim, Kaiark of Scharrode, and must relearn the pomp and protocol of the Rhunes, then determine who was responsible for his amnesia-and the death of his father. The mystery leads to the realm of the inscrutable Fwai-chi. Marune is Book III in the Alastor sequence, and Volume 49 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

The Connatic rules the three thousand inhabited planets of the Alastor Cluster from his palace Lusz on the world Numenes. Though his military force can bring considerable might to bear where necessary, the Connatic often wanders among his subjects incognito, intervening to right a wrong, or leaving well enough alone. For a century, the people of Arrabus on the planet Wyst have lived by the Egalistic Manifold, in a society which minimizes toil but guarantees adequate food and shelter to all. Jantiff Ravensroke performs the required thirteen hours of 'drudge' per week, experiencing the frivolity that otherwise characterizes Arrabin existence-but discovers a conspiracy to control the wealth of Arrabus, and threaten the life of the Connatic himself. With unerring insight into human nature, world-builder Jack Vance tells a story of treachery and intrigue, in one of his most controversial works. Wyst is Book II in the Alastor sequence, and Volume 48 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

The Connatic rules the three thousand inhabited planets of the Alastor Cluster from his palace Lusz on the world Numenes. Though his military force can bring considerable might to bear where necessary, the Connatic often wanders among his subjects incognito, intervening to right a wrong, or leaving well enough alone. The population of the idyllic water-world Trullion is dispersed among myriad islands large and small. Glinnes Hulden, returning from ten years' military service, finds his ancestral home given up to a social movement which will turn the Trill's easy existence on its ear. From winnings earned playing hussade-the gladiatorial sport followed throughout the cluster-Hulden attempts to buy back his inheritance, but his hopes are dashed by a murderous raid carried out by space-borne pirates. Glinnes Hulden must use his wits and strength to regain what is rightfully his. Trullion is Book I of the Alastor sequence, and Volume 47 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

In de aankomsthal van de Carfaunge Ruimtehaven op Bruse-Tansel, Alastorwereld 1102, wordt een verwarde jongeman aangetroffen. Hij heeft geen cent op zak en herinnert zich absoluut niets - zelfs niet zijn eigen naam of waar hij vandaan komt. Men noemt de man Pardero - naar een roemruchte hussadespeler - en brengt hem onder in een werkkamp waar hij door middel van hard maar eerlijk werk wat geld kan verdienen. Langzamerhand komt 'Pardero' tot het besef dat iemand hem moedwillig zijn herinneringen heeft ontnomen en hem vervolgens heeft gedumpt op deze grijze wereld aan de rand van de Alastor Groep. Pardero zweert erachter te zullen komen wie zijn vijand is, en wat zijn thuiswereld is. In het Ziekenhuis van de Connatic op Numenes hoopt hij zijn geheugen te laten herstellen... Pardero's zoektocht naar zijn identiteit zal hem naar Marune leiden, de enige bewoonbare wereld van een stelsel van vier verschillend gekleurde sterren die in hun gravitationele dans de planeet in steeds wisselende kleurcombinaties laten baden. Hier leeft hoog in de bergen een kaste van krijger-geleerden met nogal extravagante zeden en gebruiken. Is dit waar Pardero thuishoort? Marune: Alastor 933 is het derde boek van de Alastorcyclus waarin Jack Vance ons meeneemt naar de 3000 bewoonde werelden van de Alastor Groep. De Alastorboeken kunnen onafhankelijk van elkaar worden gelezen. Marune: Alastor 933 is deel 49 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Konstantin Korobov. Deze vertaling verscheen eerder bij Scala, Rotterdam 1975, en bij Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1982. De tekst van de Spatterlight editie is door vertaler Pon Ruiter op diverse punten gecorrigeerd en aangepast aan de hedendaagse spelling.

Big Planet (in Russian)Big Planet is a far-away world where any metal is rare. Its surface area is 20 times that of Earth. It is populated by the descendants of outlaws and dissidents who formed many tribes and societies, each with its own strange customs. On the Big Planet, beauty and evil dwell in uneasy proximity. Charley Lysidder, the usurper of a powerful title of Bajarnum of Bojolais, seeks to rule the whole vast planet, while Claude Glystra leads a commission from Earth to investigate Lysidder's profitable and illegal space trade in weapons and slaves. Orbital sabotage results in the crash of Glystra's spaceship amidst the dangerous land, 40 thousand miles from the safe Earth Enclave. How could he succeed now? How could he even survive? Thousands of years later, on the same Big Planet, Apollon Zamp, owner and captain of a showboat wondering from one port to another along the river Vissel and its tributaries, hopes to become a winner of the competition among showboat entertainers, and to gain a promised prize - an unheared of treasure of metal - despite the many dangers of a long voyage upriver to the unknown northern lands, and despite the machinations of his relentless rival, captain and theatrical producer Garth Ashgale. Appearance onboard of the mysterious aristocratic beauty distracts Zamp and seriously complicates his task.

Als Glinnes Hulden na tien jaar dienst bij de Whelm, het militaire apparaat van de Alastor Groep, terugkeert naar de Waterlanden op zijn thuisplaneet Trullion, blijkt dat zijn oudere broer Shira wordt vermist - vermoedelijk gedood door merlingen, de sinistere waterwezens waarmee de Trills hun idyllische wereld delen. Intussen heeft zijn tweelingbroer Glay Ambal Eiland, een deel van het familiebezit, verkwanseld aan een buitenwerelder en het geld gedoneerd aan de Fanscherade, een beweging van wereldverbeteraars waarbij hij zich heeft aangesloten. Glinnes moet op zoek naar fondsen om de verkoop van Ambal Eiland ongeldig te laten verklaren en de nieuwe bewoner uit te kopen. Daartoe sluit hij zich aan bij de Fleharish Gorgons, het nieuwe hussadeteam van Heer Gensifer. Als het team kan doorbreken in de populaire en ruige hussadesport met de aantrekkelijke sheirls, moet het prijzengeld Glinnes voldoende opleveren om Ambal terug te kopen. Glinnes' plan lijkt te gaan slagen, maar dan volgt een reeks gebeurtenissen die het leven op Trullion grondig op zijn kop zetten, en Glinnes lijkt verder dan ooit van zijn doel verwijderd... Trullion: Alastor 2262 is het eerste boek van de Alastorcyclus waarin Jack Vance ons meeneemt naar de 3000 bewoonde werelden van de Alastor Groep. De Alastorboeken kunnen onafhankelijk van elkaar worden gelezen. Trullion: Alastor 2262 is deel 47 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Konstantin Korobov. Deze vertaling verscheen eerder bij Scala, Rotterdam 1976, en bij Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1979. De tekst van de Spatterlight editie is door vertaler Pon Ruiter op diverse punten gecorrigeerd en aangepast aan de hedendaagse spelling. Ook bevat het boek een nieuwe en herziene kaart van de Waterlanden.

Night Lamp (in Russian) Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quite fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet. When his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins - a quest that will take him across light-years and into the depths of the past.

Earth is a decadent world older than memory, the bloated red sun soon to wink out forever. Iucounu the Laughing Magician has for the second time magicked Cugel the Clever across the Ocean of Sighs, to faraway Shanglestone Strand. Beset by thieves and schemers, whose cunning almost equals his own, Cugel must fight the long way back to Iucounu's manse where he means to exact a comprehensive and memorable revenge, before the old red sun goes out forever. In his unique, sardonic prose, SF grandmaster Jack Vance weaves a full brimming measure of humor through a picaresque tale of treachery and adventure, where clashes of philosophy and moments of poignant irony will make you wince, even as you laugh. - Matt HughesCugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight, originally published as Cugel's Saga, is Volume 28 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II

Earth is a decadent world older than memory, the bloated red sun soon to wink out forever. Thief, vagabond, liar and cheat, hapless Cugel the Clever goes too far when he seeks to rob Iucounu, the Laughing Magician. Transported across the sea to a faraway land, Cugel must return with a pair of lenses that show visions of paradise. With curses and schemes, Cugel makes the long journey back to the wizard's manse, determined to wreak revenge. No one ever outdid Jack Vance in the creation of rogues and ramblers. Cugel the Clever, originally published as Eyes of the Overworld, is the Grandmaster at the top of his form. - Matt HughesCugel the Clever is Volume 27 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

Gastel Etzwane and his army of Brave Free Men have driven the Roguskhoi from Durdane, only to discover that Durdane is but one tiny front -- a testing ground -- for an implacable enemy intent on subjugating all the worlds of man. Gastel and his people are in no position to resist, but must find a way to escape a slave army, then fight a war on behalf of mankind itself -- to defeat the Asutra. - Jack KingOn the fringes of the Gaean Reach, the cantons of Shant on the planet Durdane are ruled by the reclusive Anome -- who coerces the population using explosive rings around the neck of every adult citizen. The Durdane trilogy (The Anome, The Brave Free Men, and The Asutra) follows the life of Gastel Etzwane, who grows from childhood in the dust of Rhododendron Way to become a musician of renown, and almost against his will, a man of action. When remote cantons are brutalized by the depredations of inhuman Roguskhoi, Etzwane goes before the Anome with a case for response. The Anome proves oddly reluctant to act, and Etzwane must stage a coup to turn Shant against the hordes. Eventually he discovers the sinister fact that the Roguskhoi tribes are pawns of the Asutra, alien elements who seek to bend all of humanity to a disturbing end. The Durdane trilogy traces the rise, struggles and ultimate triumph of Gastel Etzwane-and through him, of humanity itself-over alien subjugation. - Joel HedlundThe Asutra is Book III of the Durdane trilogy, and Volume 45 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II