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• 10 Mar 2006
• Andreas Irle has received sufficient orders to publish the Lyonesse trilogy. This will be a limited printing, so order soon.
• 30 Jan 2006
• Andreas Irle has started a project to publish all of the out-of-print Vance works as print-on-demand (POD) books, starting with the Lyonesse trilogy in March.
• 14 May 2005
• Todd Treichel reports that "Washington Post literary critic Michael Dirda hosts a weekly on-line chat, and this week a poster asked who Jack Vance is and what he writes. Dirda, who is more of a supporter of genre fiction than many mainstream critics, had this to say: 'Science fiction and fantasy. In these fields he is revered, quite properly, as a god. Vance possesses a wonderfully ironic style--reserved, august, tongue-in-cheek, recherche--and those who love his work read everything he writes. I suggest trying The Dying Earth or The Eyes of the Overworld, or a collection like The Best of Jack Vance. For more details, you might look for the long piece on Vance that I wrote for a Scribner reference volume devoted to fantasy writers edited by E.F. Bleiler.' Link to transcript.
• 12 Mar 2005
• Official Vance Integral Edition signed bookplates are now available to VIE subscribers of full sets for a nominal charge. Click here for info.
• 30 Jan 2005
• The SFSite has posted Matthew Hughes' review of Lurulu.
• 27 Dec 2004
• The latest Locus Magazine (Dec) has a favorable review of Lurulu by Faren Miller. "The resulting concoction may not seem quite as fresh-made as the latest in 21st-century space opera, but its heart is rich, and descriptive icing à la Vance will always be divine."
• In the same issue Nick Gevers reviews Black Brillion by Matthew Hughes; "If you're an admirer of the science-fantasies of Jack Vance ...", "... a flair for reified metaphysics surpassing anything conceived by Vance."
• 01 Dec 2004
• Hans van der Veeke reports: "According to Warp, a Dutch magazine from the publisher Meulenhoff, Jack Vance is working on a new novel. Warp had a 2 page story about his new book and himself in the latest issue." 
• 23 Nov 2004
• Many have reported that Lurulu is now generally available in the US. Fokke de haan reports that De wilde vaart (Ports of Call) has been reprinted in The Netherlands for the fourth time, at the same time "De lokkende verte" was published there. Scans of the Dutch editions are available at Fokke's website.
• 15 Nov 2004
• Margriet Schuurman reports: "I'm a big Jack Vance fan from the Netherlands, and yesterday I've bought "De lokkende verte", as the Dutch translation of Lurulu is called. You can see details in my Live Journal."
• 08 Nov 2004
• You can view an edited version of the SciFi Buzz TV program from 1987 that featured a story on Jack Vance here. You can also read the transcript.
• 29 Sep 2004
• It's getting close to the deadline for ordering books from the Vance Integral Edition, including the two stand-alone preliminary volumes. Don't miss out! Tell all your friends. 
• 07 Sep 2004
• Fokke de Haan reports "just wanted you to know that the first edition of Lurulu has already been published by Andreas Irle in Germany. The book has been out a few weeks now! So the real first edition is, for the first time, a German one! Andreas translated the manuscript in a record time, I think, and had the book printed. It's a hardback edition, with no dustjacket."
• Annemarie van Ewyck reports "I have been the Vance translator for The Netherlands for some time now, and am currently working on Lurulu. I am supposed to turn it in september 15 for publication later this year."
• 02 Sep 2004
• Anders Monsen reports that Amazon has posted the cover picture for Lurulu on their website.
• 18 Aug 2004
• Rich Thomas reports that "TOR have finally updated their scheduled publication list and, as previously suggested, Lurulu is listed for a Dec 04 hardcover release: http://www.tor.com/schedule.html. Furthermore, Amazon lists it as having 208 pages and an ISBN of 0312867271."
• 06 Jul 2004
• James Wilson reports that "George R.R. Martin addresses fans' disquiet over the delays in his finishing his A Feast of Crows novel. He cites Vance's Demon Prince series as an extreme example of delay."
• 08 Jun 2004
• Author David Weinstein was kind enough to send me a copy of his book, The Forgotten Network: Dumont and the Birth of American Television; I had sent him copies of the Jack Vance Captain Video scripts. There's a short section about the SF authors who wrote episodes, including this: "No kinescopes ... by these talented authors remain, but a set of scripts written by Jack Vance exemplify the way Vance provided riveting outer space action while incorporating current psychology, sociology, and a dash of Cold War politics."
• 04 May 2004
• Matt Hughes reports that "Jack Vance" is used as a teaser on the Locus website for the May issue. It's also mentioned in the table of contents, "with news in this issue about Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin, ..." The news is a single line of text in "Books Delivered": "Jack Vance finished Lurulu for Beth Meacham at Tor." (Ed note: I'm not complaining; he got top billing!)
• In the same issue, Matthew Hughes' novelette "A Little Learning" got a nice mention by Nick Gevers: "Matthew Hughes Archonate novelette, "A Little Learning", is the essence of fanciful extravagance, the tale of a resourceful apprentice magician tracing some of the more dangerous routes through the human noosphere; this amorphous terrain ... all drawn by Hughes with an orotund gusto reminiscent of - who else? - Jack Vance."
• 07 Apr 2004
• A new Pelgrane book, The Primer of Practical Magic has been released. It is an adaptation of Dying Earth material for use with Dungeons and Dragons. More information is available from the Pelgrane Press website. 
• 02 Apr 2004
• Ian Thomas reports "I received the following information from St. Martin's press when I inquired about the publishing date for Lurulu: "LURULU is scheduled for an 11/15/04 release and a December 04 pub date. Thank you for your inquiry."
• 13 Feb 2004
• Pelgrane Press has released two new supplements for the Dying Earth RPG, Turjan's Tome and Demons of the Dying Earth. They reflect the darker tone of Vance's earlier tales. Articles and a free chapter are available from the Pelgrane Press website. 
• 17 Jan 2004
• I have posted a scan of a review of The Dying Earth in the December 1976 issue of Delap's F&SF Review magazine. You can view part one and part two. Part one is a huge file to make it readable.
• 05 Jan 2004
• It has been reported that Thom Hartmann dedicated his book Unequal Protection to "Jack and Norma Vance."
• The second draft of Lurulu is finished.
• 17 Oct 2003
• Rafaël reports "The French version of the Dying Earth RPG edited by ORIFLAM is about to be released," and has sent me some pictures and text. The original is in French, and I have provided a primitive Google English translation.
• 14 Oct 2003
• Gregg Parmentier reports "I was Fan GoH to David Drake's author GoH at Icon in Iowa City, IA this past weekend. When I mentioned on a panel that Jack Vance was my favorite author, Drake immediately agreed."
• 10 Oct 2003
• Lawrence Person has written a review of The Dragon Masters, which has just been published on the Locus Magazine website. The Vance Integral Edition is favorably mentioned.
• 05 Oct 2003
• Jacques Garin of the French Jack Vance website has the following news to report: French editor Le Bélial published two Vancean anthologies. The first is Croisades with 4 stories; La grande bamboche (Rumfuddle, 1973), Les oeuvres de Dodkin (Dodkin's Job, 1959), Les faiseurs de miracles (The Miracle Workers, 1958), and Les seigneurs de Maxus (Crusade to Maxus, 1951.) The second is a Bifrost Special (Bifrost is a French SF magazine) Les Univers de Jack Vance (Vance's Universes) with 5 short stories (never before translated into French, the original text is from the V.I.E.) and several books reviews; Point de chute (Where Hesperus Falls), La gaffe monumentale de Dover Spargill (Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater), Le syndrome de l'homme augmenté (The Augmented Agent), Rassemblement (Shape-Up), and Maîtres de maison (The House Lords.) Also, on September 19th, Delcourt, the French comics editor, published the 5th episode of Tschaï : Dirdir 1.
• 03 Oct 2003
• John Vance had this to say about Robert Palmer: "Robert Palmer visited us on two or three occasions, for the first time back during the 'Addicted to Love' tour. After that he telephoned every now and then, typically in the middle of the night, with his companion Mary Ambrose, full of cheer and appreciation for some turn of Vancian phrase (he loved Cugel). Dad of course was compelled to critique Robert's musical tastes, and always encouraged him to turn to jazz; who knows, maybe he had an influence. Robert will be missed."
• 26 Sep 2003
• Mick Scannell reports that singer Robert Palmer has died. Mr. Palmer has been quoted that he desired to produce a movie version of Eyes of the Overworld, and in the novel Night Lamp, the sun is called "Robert Palmer's Star."
• 14 Jul 2003
• Simon Rogers reports that "a new map of the Scaum Valley is now available from Pelgrane Press, and we are offering all three maps of the Dying Earth as a collection.
• David Williams reports that the July issue of Locus says "Jack Vance resold The Gray Prince, The Dragon Masters, and Maske: Thaery to ibooks via Chris Lotts of the Ralph Vicinanza Agency." The same issue has Vancean references on page 23.
• 26 Jun 2003
• Stefano Masserdotti reports that Mondadori Urania published a new book containing the novels Space Opera and Dacre, as well as 6 short stories. He also has provided a picture of the cover.
• 12 May 2003
• Stacy Phillips has contributed a poem, one that I can easily relate to.
• Klaas de Vries from The Netherlands has a new comprehensive Vance site. 
• 18 Apr 2003
• Simon Rogers reports that "the latest Excellent Prismatic Spray has been released: Ascolais and the Land of the Falling Wall, The Excellent Prismatic Spray Double Issue 4/5. A double issue of the XPS, cunningly disguised as an adventure supplement, this fine collection of adventure material includes the long-awaited speculative map of the Dying Earth. With contributors such as Robin D Laws and Ed Greenwood, and articles on vat creatures, mermelants and religion, it is the best XPS yet."
• 11 Feb 2003
• Gregg Best reports that "Jack Vance is the scheduled Guest of Honor at Marcon this year. This is a convention in Columbus, Ohio, taking place Memorial Day weekend." 
• 7 Feb 2003
• George Pendleton has received an email from Patrick Nielsen Hayden regarding Lurulu: "Jack Vance is very old, blind, and infirm, and we were beginning to believe this book would never be finished. However, Beth Meacham, his editor, heard from him a couple of weeks ago that the book is actually done and now it simply has to be read by his wife and given a final polish. So we eagerly expect it in a month or three, and we'll publish it sometime in 2004." [Note: "infirm" is probably overstating the case --MB]
• 27 Jan 2003
• Rafaël 'Fianosther' Verbiese reports that "there are Dying Earth and Jack Vance related pages in my French website 'les arpenteurs de rêves.'"
• 09 Jan 2003
• Jacques Garin (www.jackvance-fr.com) reports that "French editor Nestiveqnen has just published Sur les traces de Cugel l'Astucieux (On Cugel's path), an anthology with 12 shorts stories written by 12 French SF writers. Vance gave his authorization to use the Dying Earth as background to these stories."
• Jacques also reports that "Delcourt, the French comics editor, published the 4th episode of Tschaï :Wankh 2."