John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 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.
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American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916-2013)
| Born | 28 August 1916 |
| Died | 26 May 2013 |
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American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916-2013)
| Born | 28 August 1916 |
| Died | 26 May 2013 |
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American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, Fiction in English, Science fiction, Fiction, general, American Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, general, Science fiction, American, Science Fiction, Life on other planets, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, English Fantasy fiction, English Science fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Reith, adam (fictitious character), fiction, Tschai (imaginary place), fiction, esperanto, science fiction, American Short stories, Cadwal (imaginary place), fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction, science fiction, space operaPeople
Gastel Etzwane, Glawen Clattuc, Myron Tany, Wayness Tamm, Bodwyn Wook, Ifness, Jack Vance (1916-), Jaro Fath, Jerd Finnerack, Kirdy Wook, Pirie Tamm, Prince ProsperoTime
future, 1970's, 19e siècle, 19th century, 20e siècle, 20th century, At the end of time, Far future., La ege fora estonteco., Sci-Fi, futurist, futuristic, showing signs that soon it is to go dark., the far future, when the sun has grown large and redID Numbers
- OLID: OL253641A
- BookBrainz: 62c06dfa-bd41-4bf1-b0c1-3cae25c3706c
- GoodReads: 5376
- ISNI: 0000000121479098
- IMDb: nm0888533
- Library of Congress Names: n79021250
- LibraryThing: vancejack
- LibriVox: 8732
- MusicBrainz: 00e58868-f1f2-47a2-be66-3668a435ea09
- Project Gutenberg: 34300
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV001098
- VIAF: 111614127
- Wikidata: Q312632
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q312632
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Alternative names
- John Holbrook Vance
- Peter Held
- John Holbrook
- Ellery Queen
- John van See
- Alan Wade
- Jay Kavanse
- Jack (John Holbrook Vance) Vance
- Vance Jack
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