Demon Princes (Volume Two)
Jack Vance / Hardcover / Published September 1997
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"The Face" and "The Book of Dreams" are the final two books in the classic Demon Prince series from one of science fiction's master storytellers. The Demon Princes are a race of beings who disguise themselves as humans and delight in power and destruction. To Kirth Gersen, however, they are merely murderers who killed his family and destroyed his home planet. Three have already fallen at Kirth's hand--but there are two more Princes to go.
Jack Vance / Paperback / Published October 1981
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Night LampJack Vance / Hardcover / Published October 1996
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The always-enigmatic and masterful Jack Vance shows he hasn't lost a step as he tells the story of Jaro, a young child brutally beaten by a gang of ruffians. Jaro is saved by a pair of visiting academics -- Hilyer and Altheah Fath -- but doctors were forced to remove much of his memory to prevent psychological trauma. The Faths adopt the homeless, friendless Jaro and take him back to their homeworld, Gallingale. But as Jaro comes of age in his new life, he is constantly haunted by the mystery of his past, a mystery he is bent on solving.
Night LampJack Vance / Paperback / Published March 1998
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The story of a young man's quest to discover the secret of his own origin, hidden by his adoptive parents and lost with their untimely death, "Night Lamp" features exotic settings, interesting characters, and classic Vance storytelling charm .
Jack Vance / Paperback / Published October 1993
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Ports of CallJack Vance / Hardcover / Published April 1998
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Jack Vance, an undisputed king of science fiction, outdoes himself in this space exploration novel. Myron Tany has been given command of a space yacht by his crazy aunt Hester, giving him the perfect chance to live out his childhood fantasies of intergalactic adventure, alien encounters and exotic romance. Set in Vance's Gaean Reach universe, Ports of Call is a veritable catalog of adventures, replete with richly-detailed encounters and characters worthy of the series that will no doubt follow this book. This is a light, often comedic space adventure that suffers only a bit from a meandering p...
Ports of CallJack Vance / Paperback / Published March 1999
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"Galaxy-hopping, picaresque adventure from a master storyteller." --Kirkus Reviews "Classic space opera is alive and kicking in this latest interstellar spree from Vance....This jaunty, politically incorrect tale provides first-rate escapist entertainment." --Publishers Weekly "Ports of Call is a picaresque adventure which begins very much in the style of Wodehousian comedy of manners; these mannerly, sometimes decidedly quirky, individuals just happen to own (or long for) yachts that flit through space and hop from planet to planet in the course of their journeys to many ports....Authorial ma...
The Demon Princes : The Face and the Book of DreamsJack Vance / Paperback / Published September 1997
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"The Face" and "The Book of Dreams" are the final two books in the classic Demon Prince series from one of science fiction's master storytellers. The Demon Princes are a race of beings who disguise themselves as humans and delight in power and destruction. To Kirth Gersen, however, they are merely murderers who killed his family and destroyed his home planet. Three have already fallen at Kirth's hand--but there are two more Princes to go.
The Demon Princes : The Star King, the Killing Machine, the Palace of LoveJack Vance / Hardcover / Published June 1997
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Jack Vance excels at writing a series of shorter works that together comprise a grand, interstellar adventure. Such is the The Demon Princes, a series of five tales that chronicle Kirth Gersen's quest for vengeance against the five demon princes. The princes led the Mount Pleasant Massacre, a raid that destroyed Gersen's family and his world. But now Kirth is on their trail, and no matter how many galaxies there are to search, he will find them one by one and exact his revenge. This first volume collects three of the five Demon Prince stories, while the second volume will carry the remaining t...
The Demon Princes : The Star King, the Killing Machine, the Palace of Love (Demon Prince Series , Vol 1)Jack Vance / Paperback / Published June 1997
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Together in one volume--three novels from the classic Demon Princes series. The Demon Princes are a race of beings who disguise themselves as humans and delight in power and destruction. The affairs of mere mortals mean little to them and their actions spell doom for millions. Keith Gersen is not a Demon Prince, but he's got a stake in finding five of them--the five who massacred his family and obliterated his planet.
Jack Vance(Illustrator) / Hardcover / Expected May 2000
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