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- Died
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- Jack
- Jack Vance is best known for his fantasy and science fiction. He won the Hugo award (given by the World Science Fiction Society) for *The Dragon Masters* (1963); both Hugo and Nebula (given by Science Fiction Writers of America) for *The Last Castle* (1966); and the World Fantasy Award for *Lyonesse: Madouc* (1990).
He has also written eleven "straight" murder mysteries under his full name John Holbrook Vance - one of which, *Bad Ronald* (1955), has been filmed both in English and in French - and four under the house pseudonym Ellery Queen.
Between 1998 and 2005, a group of fans around the world compiled the *Vance Integral Edition* of his written fiction, correcting errors that have crept in as well as undoing the butchery of editors. The edition comprises 44 volumes, of which 22 were published in 2003 and the remainder in 2005.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
- SpouseNorma Genevieve Ingold(August 23, 1946 - March 25, 2008) (her death, 1 child)
- Held a wide variety of jobs over his life--Merchant Marine sailor, electrician, bellhop, rigger, surveyor, ceramicist and carpenter.
- Started writing in his early 20s.
- Did not become established as a writer until he was in his late 50s.
- (11/03) For many years he and wife Norma (married in 1946) have lived in the hills of Oakland, California. Though now blind, he continues to work with a talking computer; he finished a novel, "Lurulu".
- A specific kind of magic system commonly used in role-playing games such as D&D has been named after him: "Vancian magic" is the one where the wizard has to memorize and prepare spells in advance before using them.
- I think [Bix Beiderbecke] is the greatest jazz musician that ever existed; but it's hard to recommend Beiderbecke to neophytes, because you can't appreciate him until you know the music better.
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