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POD 62 This Is MeHis 90th birthday behind him, Jack Vance - once the most private of writers - tells the story of his rich and eventful life, full of travels, personalities, work and family. This Hugo-winning autobiography contains photographs from the Vance archive spanning nearly a century. This is Jack Vance - Steve ShermanThis Is Me, Jack Vance is Volume 62 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series.

Where the Anomes once ruled stands young Gastel Etzwane, facing a mortal threat to his homeland. Hordes of Red Roguskhoi, armed by an unknown enemy, have swarmed out of the southern bogs to slaughter men, despoil women, and spread waves of terror. Through the peace imposed by the tyranny of the Anomes, men of Shant have lost the art of weaponry and war. Now Gastel must revive those skills to forge Shant's citizens into an army -- an army of the free. - 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 Brave Free Men is Book II of the Durdane trilogy, and Volume 44 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 Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written.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

De jonge schilder Jantiff Ravensroke vertrekt op studiereis naar Wyst, de enige planeet van de witte ster Dwan, waarvan wordt beweerd dat haar glorieuze licht ieder oppervlak laat trillen met zijn ware kleur. Jantiff vestigt zich in de megapolis Uncibal waar men zich opmaakt om het Eeuwfeest van de Egalistische Samenleving te vieren die haar burgers in alle levensbehoeften voorziet, en daartoe slechts een 13-urige werkweek van iedereen verlangt. Maar terwijl hij de imposante stadsgezichten schildert - bontgekleurde woontorens in geometrisch gelid, badend in het zinderende licht van Dwan - en gezichten schetst uit de mensenmassa's die zich met miljoenen tegelijk op gigantische rolpaden door de stad bewegen, komt Jantiff er al snel achter dat dit utopische paradijs van gelijkheid, vrijheid, en zelfexpressie, ook zijn minder aangename kanten heeft. En wanneer hij geheel onbedoeld in een sinistere intrige verzeild raakt is het zeer de vraag of hij het er levend vanaf zal brengen... Wyst: Alastor 1716 is het tweede 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. Wyst: Alastor 1716 is deel 48 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Konstantin Korobov.

In een tijd voor Koning Arthur wordt er in de koninklijke familie van Lyonesse, een van de bakkeleiende koninkrijken die samen de mythische archipel der Oude Eilanden uitmaken, een prinses geboren. Suldrun groeit op tot een ietwat dromerig meisje aan wie noch de complexe hofintriges, noch de uithuwelijkingsplannen van haar ambitieuze vader, koning Casmir, besteed zijn. Wanneer Suldrun naar een vergeten deel van de paleistuin verbannen wordt, begint een weergaloos avontuur waarin Grootmeester Jack Vance ons op zijn unieke manier meeneemt van de kerkers van kasteel Haidion naar het betoverde Woud van Tantrevalles met zijn scharen halflingen, heksen, trollen en menseneters; van de wispelturige elfen van de Thripsey Schoei naar de landhuizen van wedijverende magi rs en het onneembare kasteel Tintzin Fyral. De Tuin van Suldrun is het eerste deel van de vermaarde Lyonesse trilogie, het Fantasy magnum opus van Jack Vance. De Tuin van Suldrun is deel 52 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Luc Desmarchelier.

Quand on lui propose de passer quelques semaines Positano, log , nourri, blanchi et pay 10000 lires par jour, rien que pour faire des croquis au fusain de ce pittoresque village italien, Chuck Musgrave n'h site pas un instant: ce sera toujours mieux que d'essayer de vendre ses dessins aux touristes de Rome Mais quelques heures peine apr s son arriv e, il se rend compte que l'affaire n'est pas aussi idyllique qu'il le croyait: Positano est peupl de dr les de gens, avec de dr les de secrets... dont certains sont mortels. Voici le quatri me volume des Myst res in dits de Jack Vance. Apr s le d sert marocain de L'homme en cage, les lagons polyn siens des les de la mort et l'immensit du Pacifique dans Sombre Oc an, le Grand Ma tre nous invite go ter les d lices de la c te napolitaine. d guster sans mod ration...

The minstrel Gastel Etzwane lives in Shant -- a country of cantons, each independently dictating its own law and customs. The enforcement of law is simple, quick, and inevitable: death by decapitation, from an explosive torc clamped around each citizen's neck by authority of a single man -- the Anome. For millennia Anomes have ruled Shant, dealing death as they see fit -- and none dares defy them, until Gastel Etzwane risks his head to expose the Anome's identity -- and end the tyranny of these faceless men forever. - 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 Anome, originally published as The Faceless Man, is Book I of the Durdane trilogy, and Volume 43 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

Over de stad Ambroy op de planeet Halma heersen sedert tweeduizend jaar zes clans van feodale Lords die met behulp van de agenten van het Welzijnsbureau de bevolking van handwerkslieden onder de duim houden. De jonge houtsnijder Ghyl Tarvoke raakt, aangespoord door zijn vader Amiante, ge ntrigeerd door de mythische held Emphyrio, die lang geleden een invasie door een monsterlijke horde van de donkere maan Sigil tot staan bracht. Emphyrio reisde vervolgens af naar Sigil, maar hoe het hem daar verging weet niemand. Wanneer zijn leven een onomkeerbare wending neemt, is Ghyl vastbesloten om de legende van Emphyrio te ontrafelen en de waarheid aan het licht te brengen. Emphyrio is deel 33 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Joe Bergeron.

"In het westen hing de zon dicht boven de oude aarde; robijnkleurige stralenbundels, zwaar en rijk van kleur als wijn, vielen schuin langs de knoestige stammen van het oeroude woud en troffen de graszoden van de bodem; de nacht van de laatste dagen viel over het woud, een zachte, warme duisternis..." De aarde is een decadente wereld, onkenbaar oud, onder een zwakke rode zon die ieder ogenblik in een ultieme stuiptrekking uit kan sputteren. Continenten zijn gezonken en gerezen. Een miljoen steden hebben torens opgericht en zijn tot stof vervallen. In plaats van de oude volkeren wonen er nu slechts een paar duizend vreemde zielen, terwijl temidden van de afbrokkelende ru nes duistere schepselen rondwaren, en in het schemerlicht van betoverde wouden de laatste magi rs wedijveren om sprankels van halfvergeten magie. De aarde sterft en beleeft zijn schemering... Dit eerste boek in de reeks Verhalen van de Stervende Aarde bevat de zes oorspronkelijke kortverhalen waarmee Jack Vance in zijn unieke stijl een niet meer uit het Fantasy genre weg te denken schets neerzet van het einde der dagen. De Stervende Aarde is deel 26 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Konstantin Korobov.

Op de planeet Pao, een wereld met een stagnerende cultuur, spreekt de hele bevolking slechts n taal. Men is er tevreden met het bestaan en met het bestuur van de heersende Panarch. Dan zetten de wetenschappelijke tovenaars van buurplaneet Breeknes een genadeloos experiment op waarmee ze Pao nieuw elan willen geven. Ze voeren drie nieuwe, op klasse gebaseerde talen in: n voor een krijgersklasse, n voor technici en n voor bestuurders en geleerden. Onwillekeurig hebben ze echter in het experiment zwakheden van hun eigen monomane cultuur ingebouwd. Beran Panasper, Kroonjuweel en troonopvolger van Pao, wordt na de moord op zijn vader naar Breeknes ontvoerd om zijn leven te redden, n om de dominies van Breeknes de kans te geven om van Beran een willig werktuig te maken waarmee ze later Pao kunnen overheersen. Maar de combinatie van Berans Paonese kenmerken met de wetenschap van Breeknes heeft onvoorziene gevolgen... De Talen van Pao is deel 11 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in een nieuwe en herziene vertaling gebaseerd op de gerestaureerde tekst van de Vance Integral Edition. Omslagillustratie: Marcel Laverdet.

Elf generaties geleden ontsnapte een aantal veroordeelde criminelen uit een interstellair gevangenentransportschip en belandde op een naamloze waterwereld. Op de vlotten, een streng drijvende bladeren van reusachtige zeeplanten, bouwden ze een kastensamenleving op, waarbij voedsel, onderdak, en alle overige levensbehoeften gewonnen werden uit de zee en de schaarse plantaardige grondstoffen. Maar in de planeetomspannende oceaan zwommen de kragens: gepantserde zeebeesten die zich tegoed deden aan de sponzentuinen van de vlotbewoners. De vroege kolonisten besloten n van de grotere kragens met opzet te voeren, opdat het dier de andere kragens bij de vlotten vandaan zou houden. Door de generaties heen groeide het wezen tot monsterlijke proporties, terwijl een kaste van Bemiddelaars ontstond die het beest als Koning Kragen vereerde. Nu willen de Bemiddelaars de macht grijpen, en ze gebruiken Koning Kragen om de vlotbewoners te terroriseren en te manipuleren. Sklar Hast staat op tegen de Bemiddelaars en zweert Koning Kragen te zullen doden. Zijn rebellie brengt strijd en dood over de vlotten, maar ontketent tevens een golf van wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen die een nieuw tijdperk van vooruitgang inluiden. Maar eerst moet Koning Kragen sterven... Blauwe Wereld is deel 30 van Het Verzameld Werk van Jack Vance, uitgegeven door Spatterlight in het jaar van de honderdste geboortedag van de schrijver. Omslagillustratie: Marcel Laverdet.

Myron Tany is an unhappy young economist until his flamboyant great-aunt lets him captain her space yacht on an interstellar hunt for a clinic rumored to restore youth. But when a disagreement with Dame Hester leaves Myron stranded on a distant planet, he signs on as supercargo aboard the tramp freighter Glicca. He travels the exotic worlds of the Gaean Reach, finding adventure or misadventure at every touchdown. Jack Vance, grandmaster of lighthearted space opera, shapes a picaresque tale of adventure, romance, humor, and youth's eternal yearning to see the wonders that lie beyond the horizon.

Ses tudes termin es - ou plut t court es -, Betty Haverhill embarque San Francisco sur un cargo destination de l'Italie, avec escale Los Angeles, El Salvador et Panama. Son amoureux conduit, Ted, se joint la croisi re dans l'espoir de regagner ses faveurs, et aussi de la prot ger des sinistres vis es d'un autre passager, Mik Finsch. Et voil que Ted dispara t en mer, laissant derri re lui un mot d'adieu tap la machine... Cela ressemble fort un meurtre, et la jeune Betty va devoir lucider le myst re, car elle est la principale suspecte. Le Grand Ma tre Jack Vance a concoct une nigme polici re de type classique, dans laquelle une jeune h ro ne m ne l'enqu te au rythme de l'inimitable prose vancienne. Sombre Oc an est le troisi me volume de la s rie des Myst res in dits de Jack Vance publi e par Spatterlight.

Wicked King Casmir cannot control Madouc, the wild and willful changeling secretly switched at birth with Prince Dhrun, rightful heir to the throne. So Casmir ordains a quest: whosoever brings him the Holy Grail will have Madouc for his bride. But the fairy-born princess chooses to decide her own fate, and sets out with a stable boy to find the Grail herself. Meanwhile, a spiteful wizard seeks to undo the spell that prevents the war-torn Elder Isles from sinking into the sea. The third volume in Grandmaster Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy brings the epic tale of the Elder Isles to its magnificent and melancholy conclusion. Madouc won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. - Matt HughesMadouc is Book III of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 54 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

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera. In a seedy tavern on Smade's Planet, Kirth Gersen picks up the trail of Attel Malagate, a member of an alien species called Star Kings, who masquerade as humans. Malagate maintains anonymity behind a screen of sinister henchmen, but Gersen will combine subtle guile and stark violence in a strategy to bring him face to face with the first of the Demon Princes. - Matt HughesThe Star King is Book I of the Demon Prince series, and Volume 38 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

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera. The fourth Demon Prince, Lens Larque, combines murderous criminality with a taste for horrific practical jokes. Escaping Gersen once, Larque flees to his home world of Dar Sai, known for its strange mating rituals and the violent winner-take-all game of hadaul. Gersen follows his quarry to the milder world of Methel, where Larque plans a revengeful prank on a wealthy man. Gersen has a more final vengeance in mind. - Matt HughesThe Face is Book IV of the Demon Prince series, and Volume 41 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

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera. In the fifth and final book of The Demon Princes series, Gersen trails Howard Alan Treesong, notorious for his imaginative and horrifying revenges. But Treesong has a sentimental streak, and longs for a childhood composition called The Book of Dreams. Exploiting this weakness, Gersen lures Treesong into a final confrontation. - Matt HughesThe Book of Dreams is Book V of the Demon Prince series, last of the sequence, and Volume 42 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

Take a doomed princess, a dispossessed prince and a wicked king, a vengeful magician and a melancholy witch; now add fairies, ogres, changelings, scheming barons, wanderers who are not what they seem, robbers, orphans, and a race of hardbitten warriors at war with all humanity. Stir in politics, intrigue, plots and assassinations, battles and sieges, then set it all to simmer in a mythical archipelago across the western sea before the time of Arthur. Jack Vance draws together the threads of fairy tale and pagan myth to weave an epic tapestry of adventure and intrigue in the Elder Isles. The result is a masterpiece. - Matt HughesSuldrun's Garden is Book I of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 52 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

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera. Someone is stealing the children of the galaxy's elite, and Kirth Gersen suspects that the kidnapper is Kokor Hekkus - second of the Demon Princes. Deciphering a complex pattern of clues and coincidences, Gersen tracks his quarry to a barbaric world, where Hekkus is protected by an invincible war machine. To confront Hekkus, Gersen must resort to a desperate plan. - Matt HughesThe Killing Machine is Book II of the Demon Prince series, and Volume 39 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 the second volume of the Lyonesse trilogy, new threads are woven into the epic tapestry begun in Suldrun's Garden. While war rages across the Elder Isles, King Aillas's true love, Glyneth, is carried off to a parallel world by an amoral magician in the pay of the wicked King Casmir. Meanwhile, a sorceress's malice, condensed into a green pearl, passes from hand to hand bringing poignant misery to whomever it touches. Jack Vance conjures up a tale of war and politics, magic and derring-do, presented in the inimitable style that has made him one of fantasy's acknowledged grandmasters. - Matt HughesThe Green Pearl is Book II of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 53 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

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera. Among worlds populated by slave-takers and poisoners, Kirth Gersen is hunting the third Demon Prince, Viole Falushe, an Earthman who conceals his true identity while ruling a remote planet from his decadent Palace of Love. Posing as a journalist and accompanied by the mad poet Navarth, Gersen infiltrates the palace and uncovers a history of erotic obsession. Somewhere among the revelers lurks Falushe, whom Gersen schemes to identify, before delivering harsh justice. - Matt HughesThe Palace of Love is Book III of the Demon Prince series, and Volume 40 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