Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Lost Moons by Jack Vance Lost Moons in two different Dustjackets. Here are two different Dustjackets from Lost Moons. The first one was of the trade edition with 878 copies I think. The second one? Was that from a library edition? And how many copies? Does someone know more? Mar 26, 2018 #2 2018-03-26T18:28. The signed and trade, and Presentation copies all have the upper dust jacket. That's all I know for sure. I looked through some of my old U/M catalogs, and the two for HARDCOVERS FALL 1987 and SPRING 1988 show the lower dust jacket in the ad for the book. Since it was originally published in 1982, they may have changed the artwork for a 2nd printing. Lost Moons by Jack Vance. Jack Vance is certainly one the most inventive writers in SF&F, capable of creating very detailed and fascinating environments, but unfortunately, rarely giving them any further exploration or depth. His early stories are great entertainment, but later fiction became less accessible, with confusing plot-lines and irrelevant side-stories. However, at his best, Vance shines as a most spectacular visionary in history of SF&F. "Abercrombie Station" (also as part of "Monsters in Orbit") (Jean Parlier series) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb 1952 Monsters In Orbit, 1965 - -/ cool sf story. "Assault On A City" © Universe # 4, 1974 Lost Moons, 1982 --novella : 1975 Locus /4 --novella : 1975 Jupiter --/ fourth place sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award. Keeping in mind the year of its writing - 1974 - this novella predated many classic "cyberpunk" urban environments and, specifically, "Bladerunner" visuals. Not as dark as the famous Ridley Scott's movie set designs, "Assault on a City" features similar intense & ragged crowds of human & alien origin, plenty of fringe-culture display, flying cars and skyscraper jungle - all serving as a backdrop to pretty run-of-the-mill detective story. Even though the plot is confusing, the atmosphere is familiar and much liked in sf: it is the Asimov's "Caves of Steel" environment, updated for the 70s. Or rather, for the 80s - I believe this novella is 10 years ahead of its time in style and design. I am also glad the story's got a better title, than the originally-intended "The Insufferable Red-Headed Daughter of Commander Tynnott O.T.E.". review: 05-Feb-08 (read in 1988) "The Asutra" (nv) (Durdane series 3) © 1973, F&SF book: Dell Books, 1974 --/ cool sf novel "Big Planet" (nv) (Big Planet series) © Startling Stories, Sep 1952 novel: Avalon Books, 1957 --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award. "Brain Of The Galaxy" (also as "The New Prime") © Worlds Beyond, Feb 1951 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award. "Brains Of Earth" (nv) (also as "Nopalgarth") (Nopalgarth series) © Ace Double, 1966 also - DAW Books, 1980 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ idea: para-cosmos --/ shock value. This is a small pop-art masterpiece with some psychedelic overtones. It feeds on paranoid ideas of the Fifties (aliens possessing our brains), embellishes it with cool descriptions of psychological and aural warfare (reminds me of "Final Fantasy" ghostly doppelganger entities), and reads like a gaudy poster in its simplicity of idea and plot. I often skipped many pages, to arrive sooner at the bizarre parasitic "brain" warfare sequences, which make this book stand out from other invasion fare, and from everything else Vance has written. review: 10-Sep-06 (read in 2003) "Cholwell's Chickens" (also as part of "Monsters in Orbit") (Jean Parlier series) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug 1952 Monsters In Orbit, 1965 -- / cool sf story. "Chasch" (nv) (Planet Of Adventure # 1) (also as "City Of The Chasch" ) © 1968, Ace Books --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award "Chateau D' If" (also as "New Bodies For Old") © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug 1950 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award. "City Of The Chasch" (nv) (Planet Of Adventure #1) (also as "Chasch" ) © 1968, Ace Books --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award "Coup de Grace" (also as "Worlds of Origin") (Magnus Rudolph series) © Super Science Fiction, Feb 1958 The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph, 1966 - -/ cool sf novella. "The Devil on Salvation Bluff" © Star Science Fiction # 3, 1954 The World Between and Other Stories, 1965 --/ cool sf story. "Dodkin's Job" © Astounding, Oct 1959 Future Tense, 1964 Dust of Far Suns, 1981 --/ cool sf story "D.P.!" © Avon SF&F Reader, Apr 1953 --/ cool sf story "The Dragon Masters" (nv) © Galaxy, Aug 1962 book : 1965, Ace Double --short fiction : 1963 Hugo W --novella : 1999 Locus All-Time Poll /29 (tie) --foreign novel : 1977 Seiun W --/ fourth place f novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award "Dream Castle" (also as "I'll Build You a Dream Castle" ) © Astounding, Sep 1947 Lost Moons, 1982 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award -- / idea award --/ style award "Dust of Far Suns" (also as "Gateway To Strangeness" ) (also as "Sail 25" ) © Amazing, Aug 1962 Future Tense, 1964 Dust of Far Suns, 1981 --/ fourth place space sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "Ecological Onslaught" (also as "The World Between") © Future Science Fiction, May 1953 The World Between and Other Stories, 1965 --/ third place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: terraforming wars --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale. "The Eyes Of The Otherworld" (nv) (Cugel Saga) © 1966, Ace Books. "The Five Gold Bands" (nv) (also as "The Space Pirate" ) © 1950, Startling Stories 1953, Toby Press, as "Space Pirate" novel : 1963, Ace Double --/ third place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale "Freitzke's Turn" (Miro Hetzel) © Triax, ed. R. Silverberg, 1977 Galactic Effectuator, 1980 --/ cool sf novella "Future Tense" (coll) © Ballantine Books, 1964 --/ fourth place sf collection --/ wonder award --/ style award. "Gateway To Strangeness" (also as "Sail 25" ) (also as "Dust of Far Suns" ) © Amazing, Aug 1962 Future Tense, 1964 Dust of Far Suns, 1981 -- / fourth place space sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "The Gift Of Gab" © Astounding Stories, Sep 1955 Future Tense, 1964 --/ third place planetary sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award: fishing --/ idea: alien linguistics --/ style award. "The Gray Prince" (nv) (Gaean Reach series) © 1974, DAW Books. "Green Magic" © F&SF, Jun 1963 Green Magic, 1979 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award "Guyal Of Sphere" (The Dying Earth) © The Dying Earth, 1950 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 --all time fantasy novel : 1987 Locus All-Time Poll /16 --series fantasy novel: 1998 Locus All-Time Poll /15 --novel : 2001 Retro Hugo --/ fourth place sf novella --/ wonder award "The Houses of Iszm" (nv) (Nopalgarth series) © Startling Stories, Spr 1954 novel: Ace Double, 1964 --/ third place sf novella --/ wonder award --/ idea: alien bio-grown houses --/ adventure award --/ style award. "The Howling Bounders" (Magnus Rudolph series) © Startling Stories, Mar 1949 The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph, 1966 --/ fourth place planetary sf story --/ wonder award. "I'll Build You a Dream Castle" (also as "Dream Castle" ) © Astounding, Sep 1947 Lost Moons, 1982 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award --/ style award "The Killing Machine" (nv) (Demon Princes series) © 1964, DAW Books --/ cool sf novel "The King of Thieves" (Magnus Rudolph series) © Startling Stories, Nov 1949 The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph, 1966 --/ cool sf story. "The Kokod Warriors" (Magnus Ridolph series) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct 1952 The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph, 1966 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ style award. "The Languages of Pao" (nv) © Satellite Science Fiction, Dec 1957 novel: Avalon Books, 1958 --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award --/ idea: alien linguistics. "The Last Castle" (nv) © Galaxy, Apr 1966 The Last Castle, 1968 --novelette : 1967 Hugo W --novella : 1967 Nebula W --novella : 1999 Locus All-Time Poll /25 --/ third place f novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award "Lyonesse" (nv) (Lyonesse series) © 1983, Berkley Putnam --novel : 1984 Nebula --novel : 1984 World Fantasy --fantasy novel : 1984 Locus /4 --/ third place f novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award "The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph" (coll) (Magnus Rudolph series) © Ace Double Books, 1966 --/ cool sf collection --/ wonder award. "Maske: Thaery" (nv) (Gaean Reach series) © 1978, DAW Books --novel : 1977 Locus /12 --/ cool sf story "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" © Startling Stories, Sep 1951 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award. "Men Of The Ten Books" (also as "The Ten Books" ) © Startling Stories, Mar 1951 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "The Men Return" © Infinity Science Fiction, Jul 1957 The World Between & Other Stories, 1966 --/ second place apocalyptic sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: liquid rocks, solid air --/ style award --/ awesome scale. "The Miracle Workers" © Astounding, Jul 1958 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 Green Magic, 1979 --novelette : 1959 Hugo --/ cool sf story - -/ wonder award "The Mitr" © Vortex Science Fiction # 1, 1953 Green Magic, 1979 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "Monsters in Orbit" (coll) (also as "Abercrombie Station" and "Cholwell's Chickens") (Jean Parlier series) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1952 Ace Double, 1965. "The Moon Moth" © Galaxy, Aug 1961 The World Between and Other Stories, 1965 The Worlds Of Jack Vance, 1969 Green Magic, 1979 -- novella : 1999 Locus All-Time Poll /16 (tie) --/ third place sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ style award "The Moon Moth and Other Stories" (coll) (also as "The World Between and Other Stories" UK) © Ace Double, 1965 --/ fourth place sf collection --/ wonder award. "The Narrow Land" (Narrow Land series) © 1967, Fantastic Stories Green Magic, 1979 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ cool sf novella --/ wonder award "The Narrow Land" (coll) © Daw Books, 1982 --/ cool sf collection --/ wonder award. "New Bodies For Old" (also as "Chateau D'If") © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug 1950 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award. "The New Prime" (also as "Brain of the Galaxy") © Worlds Beyond, Feb 1951 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award. "Noise" © Startling Stories, Aug 1952 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 --/ third place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ idea: planetary music --/ style award. "Nopalgarth" (nv) (also as "Brains Of Earth") (Nopalgarth series) © Ace Double, 1966 also - DAW Books, 1980 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ idea: para-cosmos --/ shock value. This is a small pop-art masterpiece with some psychedelic overtones. It feeds on paranoid ideas of the Fifties (aliens possessing our brains), embellishes it with cool descriptions of psychological and aural warfare (reminds me of "Final Fantasy" ghostly doppelganger entities), and reads like a gaudy poster in its simplicity of idea and plot. I often skipped many pages, to arrive sooner at the bizarre parasitic "brain" warfare sequences, which make this book to stand out from other invasion fare, and from everything else Vance has written. review: 10-Sep-06 (read in 2003) "The Palace Of Love" (nv) (Demon Princes series 3) © 1966, Galaxy DAW Books, 1974 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "The Pilgrims" (Cugel series) (Dying Earth series) © F&SF, Jun 1966 The Eyes of the Overworld, 1966 Green Magic, 1979 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award "Rumfuddle" © Three Trips In Time And Space, ed. R. Silverberg, 1973 The Best of Jack Vance, 1976 --novella : Locus Poll 1974 --/ cool sf story --/ idea: infinite universes. "Sail 25" (also as "Gateway To Strangeness" ) (also as "Dust Of Far Suns" ) © Amazing, Aug 1962 Future Tense, 1964 Dust of Far Suns, 1981 - -/ fourth place space sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "The Seven Escapes From Bosz" © 1950, Space Stories The Rhodomagnetic Digest, 1952 Lost Moons, 1982 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "Son Of The Tree" (nv) (Nopalgarth series) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1951 novel: Ace Double, 1964 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award. "The Sorcerer Pharesm" (Cugel series) (Dying Earth series) © F&SF, Apr 1966 The Eyes of the Overworld, 1966 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award "The Spa Of The Stars" (Magnus Rudolph series) © Startling Stories, Jul 1950 The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph, 1966 --/ third place planetary sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ humour award --/ rare find. "The Space Pirate" (nv) (also as "The Five Gold Bands" ) © 1950, Startling Stories 1953, Toby Press, as "Space Pirate" novel : 1963, Ace Double --/ third place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale "The Ten Books" (also as "Men Of The Ten Books" ) © Startling Stories, Mar 1951 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "Space Opera" (nv) © 1965, Pyramid Books. "Telek" © Astounding Stories, Jan 1952 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1968 --/ cool esp sf novella. Jack Vance "To Live Forever" (nv) © 1956, Ballantine Books --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ idea award. This was the first full-length novel for Jack Vance, published by the prestigious Ballantine company, with a neat Richard Powers cover. It deals with the fascinating subject of achieving immortality before the individuals (and the decadent society) are ready for it. Something desirable and (almost) holy turns into a nightmare of Dante's proportions, where every individual must play the "merit" game, to advance in the "works" system - which of course is corrupt and totalitarian in nature. Plus, those who fail to play the game are euthanized - quite spooky and daring social extrapolation stuff for 1956, bringing to mind the main thesis of communism: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need". It does sound like the opposite of "works" system, but we all know it's not the "grace" system either. Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien--and alienated--a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed" Besides interesting idea developments, this book boasts wonderfully lively descriptions of a future urban environment. This is Jack Vance at the top of his form, building visual vistas of futuristic skyscrapers and sky highways. Soaring architecture almost reflects the main character's strive for the lofty heights of immortality. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even if I was spooked by its cold and uncaring dystopian society. Highly recommended. review: 01-Feb-08 (read in 2006) "Ullward's Retreat" © Galaxy, Dec 1958 Future Tense, 1964 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ emotion: stuck-up aristocracy. Can you imagine a "real estate spiel", a multi-colored brochure - how only Vance could write it? Of course the piece of a real estate described here is gorgeous, in a prime location on another planet (Vance also throws in descriptions of planet ecology, landscapes, etc). However, visuals aside, this story is about the aristocratic, "stuck-up" attitude of one upper-class family, displaying a kind of sophisticated bored indifference. I would recommend this story to anyone considering moving up in the world - to dwell on consequences of acquiring just such an attitude. Overall, quite enjoyable novelette. review: 06-Jul-06 (read in 2006) "The Unspeakable McInch" (Magnus Ridolph series) © Startling Stories, Nov 1948 The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph, 1966 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award. "When the Five Moons Rise" © Cosmos Science Fiction, March 1954 Eight Fantasms and Magics, 1969 --/ third place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ idea award: phantoms --/ emotion award --/ romance award --/ style award --/ rare find. "Where Hesperus Falls" © Fantastic Universe, Oct 1956 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ cool sf story. "Winner Lose All" © Galaxy, Dec 1951 Lost Moons, 1982 --Groff Conklin's story selection --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ idea award --/ awesome scale --/ rare find. "The World Between" (also as "Ecological Onslaught") © Future Science Fiction, May 1953 The World Between and Other Stories, 1965 --/ third place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: terraforming wars --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale. "The World Between and Other Stories" (coll) (also as "The Moon Moth and Other Stories" UK) © Ace Double, 1965 --/ fourth place sf collection --/ wonder award. "The World Thinker" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Sum 1945 Lost Moons, 1982 The Narrow Land, 1982 --/ fourth place space sf novella --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "Worlds of Origin" (also as "Coup de Grace") (Magnus Rudolph series) © Super Science Fiction, Feb 1958 The Many Worlds of Magnus Rudolph, 1966 --/ cool sf novella. Jack Vance Message Board. My recollection may be a little off, but I remember ashtrays all over work areas in the most inner sanctums in the Pentagon in the 1980's. I recall that smoking was very actively discouraged beginning in the 1990's, ever increasing until today where it's practically prohibited universally in public facilities. All I can think concerning the change cited above is not a changed attitude toward smoking but a revision of how Jack wanted the dynamics of the interaction. Such is my guess. Thanks for offering that, Steve. Sep 26, 2020 #42 2020-09-27T00:28. For each of his novels, I wouldn't be surprised if it were easier to find references to the supernatural than the obverse. Even as early as Clarges, some of the Amaranth claimed to sense the moment their clutches of surrogates were addled. [. ] Edit: In fact, during the 1976 KPFK interview, Vance goes to some length to defend investigations into the paranormal and takes Asimov to task (and someone else who I've forgotten) for dismissing the concept out of hand. Incidentally, precisely this topic is what my quote from Jack Vance, said to me, is all about. Thence I made it my JVMB hallmark. Sep 26, 2020 #43 2020-09-27T01:24. Re smoking. When I started in the practice of law in 1973, smoking was allowed in courtrooms-- the courtrooms themselves-- during recesses. There were little steel ashtrays fitted to the back of the spectator seats (pews, basically). There were ashtrays on the counsel tables. Typical morning and mid-afternoon recesses were 15 minutes. The lawyers would light up; as the judge came back on the bench, counsel would be stuffing their cigs out in the ashtrays. I can hardly believe it myself, things having changed so much, but I was there! Sometime in the later '70s, smoking was banned in the courtrooms themselves, but was still allowed in the corridors outside the courtrooms. Then, sometime in the eighties-- no smoking in the courthouse. But there was still smoking in most buildings. There were several smokers among the lawyers in my mid-sized firm back then. Lots of staff smoked. Smoking everywhere inside the office. Then it was sent outside, again, I think in the '80s. Eventually, all the lawyers had quit, but still a lot of secretaries smoked. It seems nowadays like it's getting near-- not quite-- extinction. In an earlier generation, it was chewing tobacco. Some old courthouses preserve a few spittoons as a curiosity. And-- in 1979 I was in Washington DC and a friend who'd become the deputy clerk of the US Supreme Court gave me a backstairs tour of the Court. There were spittoons behind the bench, near the Justices' chairs. Again, a relic of tradition. That was 40+ years ago and I don't know whether they are still there. Sep 27, 2020 #44 2020-09-27T10:30. And now, all these years later, seeing the magazine text for the first time, I realize that I misunderstood the stemma of "I'll Build Your Dream Castle". The version in the Conklin anthology is NOT a rewrite, rather it is virtually identical to the appearance in Astounding. The version in Lost Moons is the rewrite (and a significant improvement it is, in my opinion). Here's what happened: the TI worker compared the marked-up Astounding tearsheet with the book version and concluded that the latter agreed with the former as modified . He did not, however, note the differences introduced by the markings on the tearsheet. Looking at the file, I see that I was his second and did not grasp that the markup was so extensive. So I assumed that the magazine original and the book appearance were identical except for minor changes, which couldn't have been further from the truth. Meanwhile, the Techno Proofer consulted the appearance in the Conklin anthology, compared it with the VIE text as it came out of TI, and discovered the significant differences. We assumed, given the misapprehension of the previous paragraph, that Vance had revised the story for the anthology. So extensive were the revisions that we decided to print both versions. In other words, we did the right thing for the wrong reasons. The version in Volume 2 of the VIE is the revision for Lost Moons , while that in Volume 44 is the original Astounding version. So all's well that ends well. I wish we had done the same thing for "The World Thinker", which after all is Jack's first published story. It was also published in the collection The Narrow Land , and I presume but do not know that this was also the magazine original. Again, it was extensively revised for Lost Moons , and that is the version that appears in the VIE. In this case, nobody called to my attention that the versions differed so significantly, so it passed through me and the rest of TI management into Volume 2. I only discovered the magazine version a couple of years ago. That the revision is superior to the original would I think be the generally accepted opinion, but it seems to me to be a major omission that the VIE does not contain Jack's first publication. Incidentally, if anybody has the collection The Narrow Land , it is easy to check which version it contains. The female protagonist is called Kenna Parker in the magazine, Isabel May in the rewrite. Lost Moons by Jack Vance. Octavo, pictorial cloth. Trade edition. Nine stories of early fiction, including his first published story, all previously uncollected, two of which have been re-written for this book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A69ab. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with color fade to the spine panel. This dust jacket has different art from the first edition, it uses the same artwork as the frontispiece. (27222) Later edition (second printing of the first edition). Lost Moons. VANCE, Jack. Published by Underwood Miller, San Francisco & Columbia, 1982. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ned Dameron (illustrator). First Trade Edition. [252] pp; little cocking to spine, minor rubbing to corners, minor soiling/foxing to page edges. [97]. More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks. Lost Moons. Jack Vance. Published by Underwood Books, 1982. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First trade edition; Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only the mildest of rubbing to the spine ends and a few wrinkles to the front cover panel; housed in archival protection. Lost Moons. Vance, Jack. Published by Underwood Books, 1982. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of 1080 unnumbered copies from an edition of 1300. Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket. Light edge-wear to the jacket with a wrinkle and a nick top rear panel. LOST MOONS. Vance, Jack. Published by Underwood/Miller, San Francisco/Columbia, PA, 1982. Used - Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Trade issue. Collects nine stories. Frontis and dust jacket illustrated by Ned Dameron. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with just a hint of bumping to the head of the spine panel. LOST MOONS. Vance, Jack. Published by Underwood/Miller, San Francisco/Columbia, PA, 1982. Used - Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Trade issue. Collects nine stories. Frontis and dust jacket illustrated by Ned Dameron. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Lost Moons. Jack Vance. Published by Underwood Miller, San Francisco, CA, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine/fine- copy SIGNED by Vance. Top of the page block is dusty and the jacket has a slight crease at the upper front cover edge. All jackets in mylar wraps. Signed by Author(s). Lost Moons. Jack Vance. Published by Underwood Miller, San Fransisco, CA, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: As New. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new/fine, unread, SIGNED, first edition. Dark lavender jacket slightly faded on spine. All book jackets in mylar wraps. Signed by Author(s). LOST MOONS. Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance." Published by Underwood-Miller, San Francisco, CA/Columbia, PA, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, pictorial cloth. One of 200 copies signed by Vance. Nine stories of early fiction, including his first published story, all previously uncollected, two of which have been re-written for this book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A69. Upper and lower corners bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with bumped corners. (21602). LOST MOONS. Vance, Jack. Published by Underwood & Miller, 1982. First Edition Signed. First Edition. LOST MOONS, Underwood & Miller, 1982, first edition, some foxing to the fore edge, end-papers and paste-downs, else just about fine in like dust-wrapper. 1/1,300 copies, this one SIGNED by the author. LOST MOONS. Jack Vance. Published by underwood-miller, San Francisco, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. LOST MOONS by Jack Vance UNDERWOOD MILLER books San Francisco 1982 1st ed HC Fine in F DJ and SIGNED 1 of 200. More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks. Lost Moons by Jack Vance (First Edition) Signed. Jack Vance. Published by Underwood / Miller, San Francisco, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ned Dameron(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Lost Moons by Jack Vance (First Edition) Signed A tight bright unread signed copy. A sharp bright dust jacket. Brodart cover. Stated First Edition. Trade state. Signed by the Author. One of 200 clothbound copies, unnumbered. Collects nine stories. (1300 copies printed). BOOK. LOST MOONS. Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance." Published by Underwood-Miller, San Francisco, CA/Columbia, PA, 1982. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, pictorial cloth. One of 200 copies signed by Vance. Nine stories of early fiction, including his first published story, all previously uncollected, two of which have been re-written for this book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A69. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, also included is a fine dust jacket from the second printing (which is light purple and a different illustration). (21603). Lost Moons. Vance, Jack. Published by Underwood/Miller, San Francisco CA/Columbia PA, 1982. Used - Hardcover Condition: As New. Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Ned Dameron (illustrator). Limited. Still in original publisher's shrink-wrap. An unread copy of this scarce short-story collection, featuring some of Vance's least favorite fiction. This copy is from the collection of one of the partners in The Other Change of Hobbit -- the other partner supplied the setting copy for "Seven Exits from Bosc", a story which only appeared in a fanzine before this collection (and one of the scarcest of Vance's stories then!). Ah, the stories we could tell. The trade edition on this is uncommon, and the limited signed edition is scarce. Since we didn't open it, we can't tell you whether it's just one of the signed (200) copies or the "Presentation Copy" state (20 copies); not that it really matters. Signed by Author. Tell us what you're looking for and once a match is found, we'll inform you by e-mail. Can't remember the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Lost Moons by Jack Vance. You have no items in your shopping cart. You're currently on: Home Dying Earth. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Tom Kidd. There is a limit of one copy per household on this title. Earth’s Final Days… "Once it was a tall world of cloudy mountains and bright rivers, and the sun was a white blazing ball. Ages of rain and wind have beaten and rounded the granite, and the sun is feeble and red. The continents have sunk and risen. A million cities have lifted towers, have fallen to dust. In place of the old peoples a few thousand souls live. There is evil on Earth, evil distilled by time…Earth is dying and in its twilight…" —Pandelume of Embelyon. On any list of all-time favorite fantasy and science fiction masterworks, The Dying Earth always earns a much deserved place. As well as being a genuine classic of modern epic fantasy, it is also the trademark work of acclaimed F&SF Grandmaster Jack Vance, one of the field’s most distinctive and beloved voices and one of its most influential master storytellers. Set in a distant future when our sun is about to expire, the six marvellous adventures in this, Vance’s first ever book, originally published in 1950, take us to a world filled with strange lands and ancient wonders, where the moon has long-since left the sky and science has been all but replaced by magic, where hopes and dreams for a golden tomorrow have given way to a decadent grandeur, outrageous schemes and the most desperate and reckless acts of derring-do imaginable. In this fascinating world, home to pelgranes, erbs and Deodands, Gauns, gids and Twk-men, we meet Turjan of Miir in his unswerving quest to create artificial life, watch the cruel Mazirian the Magician as he pursues his latest dark obsession, observe the beautiful T’sais as she learns to find beauty in Earth’s final days. We enjoy the antics of the foolish, unforgettable Liane the Wayfarer (and the even more unforgettable Chun the Unavoidable!) in that bandit-troubadour’s quest for a fabulous tapestry, follow Ulan Dhor as he seeks the lost spells of a great magician in far-off Ampridatvir, join Guyal of Sfere in his search for ancient knowledge in the Museum of Man. But, most important of all, we meet the world itself, this vivid, wondrous setting at the end of time, at once doomed and magical, elusive and yet always fascinating. This handsome new deluxe edition from Subterranean Press, lavishly illustrated by Tom Kidd, catches the spirit of Jack Vance’s cherished story suite perfectly, bringing alive his unique blend of end-time splendor, arcane mystery, dark humor and darker mischief in fine style. But the greatest wonder on show within these covers is, of course, the storytelling of Jack Vance himself. In the words of Dan Simmons, this landmark volume shows us "what it is like to be truly and totally and indelibly transported into a master magician’s mind and world."

"One of the best and most influential fantasy works of the 20th century." —Terry Pratchett. "The Dying Earth…one of the most powerful fantasy/science fiction concepts in the history of the genre…The fragility and transience of all things, the nobility of humanity’s struggle against the certainty of an entropic resolution, gives The Dying Earth a poignancy rare in novels of fantastic romance." —Dean Koontz. "There are few enough of the writers I loved when I was 13 I can see myself going back to in twenty years from now. Jack Vance I will re-read for ever." —Neil Gaiman. Our edition of The Dying Earth will be copiously illustrated by Tom Kidd, and include: A full-color wraparound dust jacket Full-color endsheets An oversize, 7*10 format Two color printing throughout Printed on 80# Finch Six full- color paintings Twenty five interior duotone illustrations (including chapter heads and full pages) Limited: 250 signed (by the author and the artist) numbered hardcover copies, in a custom slipcase Lettered: 26 signed (by the author and artist) specially bound copies, housed in a handcrafted traycase.