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'''Jack Vance''' (1916-2013) was a [[Science Fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] author, who wrote, continuously, since the 1950s. Arguably, he is most well-known for the ''[[Dying Earth (novel)|Dying Earth]]'' series, set in the last days of Earth when technology has become a kind of magic; this system of magic was a huge influence on ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. However, he also wrote a massive amount of incredibly diverse science fiction and fantasy, making his work fairly hard to categorize.
Many of his science fiction works share a common, very broad setting called the Gaean Reach, a huge area with many, many settled stars. The area is so large that the works actually have little in common, except some details of shared culture.
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[[Vancian Magic]] is named after Jack Vance.
Some of his better
* ''[[The Demon Princes]]'': a five volume series set in the Gaean Reach.
* ''[[Literature/The Dragon Masters|The Dragon Masters]]'': Hugo-winning novella
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* [[An Aesop]] -- One of the stories with T'sais is definitely one, some of the other ''Dying Earth'' stories could be said to be one also. Arguably, Cugel the Clever learns that backstabbing is bad and trust is good by the end of his second book.
* [[Anti-Hero]] -- Liane the Wayfarer. Also Cugel. Also Magnus Ridolph. In fact many of Vance's characters are Anti Heroes.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]] -- Pandelume looks like one, to the point that anyone who looks upon him will instantly go insane, but he behaves like a pretty nice guy. Magnatz is a more straightforward example, since he is unambiguously evil.
* [[Encyclopedia Exposita]] -- In many of the Gaean Reach novels, Vance quotes at length from the philosophical encyclopedia ''Life'', by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey (who was excommunicated from the human race by the Assemblage of Egalitarians. The Baron's response was to comment, "The point is moot." To this day the most erudite thinkers of the Gaean Reach ponder the significance of the remark.).
** Several reviewers are quoted making very hostile comments about the Baron. One, though, expresses the desire to give Baron Bodissey a severe thrashing — and then [[Friendly Enemy|buy him a drink]].
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] -- Chun the Unavoidable, who because of his rather unusual cloak also qualifies as [[Eye Scream]], since it is made out of woven-together {{spoiler|human eyeballs}}.
* [[Happy Place]] -- The Overworld
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] -- In ''Maske: Thaery'', Nai the Hever signs Jubal Droad up in his intelligence agency -- with a contract that fades away within a day or so to leave blank paper, giving Nai [[Plausible Deniability]]. Until Jubal produces the '''copy''' he made and had notarized before the original faded. Nai calls Jubal "an unscrupulous man." (Takes one to know one, doesn't it?) The young Droad may do quite well in Nai the Hever's employ.
* [[Jerkass]] -- Cugel the Clever, who was downright evil for the first book he was in.
* [[Jerkass Genie]] -- The sandestin in the ''Dying Earth'' stories.
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{{Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Awards}}
{{World Fantasy Award Novel}}
{{World Fantasy Award Life Achievement}}
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