This is a message from the old BIX conferencing system run by Byte Magazine. It's one of mine, part of an ongoing discussion of Jack Vance's work. It's probably only of interest to people collecting Vance's stuff, and there are expanded versions out there on the web now.
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sf/long.messages #234, from dave2, 134 chars, Fri Jul 6 21:12:43 1990
This is a comment to message 232.
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This is a listing of the earliest copyright dates as they appear on the
title pages of the various books I have. Not all are listed as many early
works are simply listed as "a bunch of these were copyright from blah-blah
through blah-blah" without telling which were which. Earliest was 1945.
1945 s The World-Thinker
1950 s Chateau D'If (originally "New Bodies for Old")
1950 The Dying Earth (novella)
1950 The Dragon Masters (novella)
1951 s The Masquerade on Dicantropus
1951 Son of the Tree (novella)
1951 s The Ten Books
1951 s Son of the Tree
1951 The Houses of Iszm (novella)
1952 Big Planet
1954 s The Houses of Iszm (some confusion here...)
1955 s The Gift of Gab
1956 s Where Hesperus Falls
1956 To Live Forever
1957 The Languages of Pao
1958 s Coup de Grace
1958 s Ullward's Retreat
1959 s Dodkin's Job
1962 s The Dust of Far Suns (originally "Sail 25")
1963 s Green Magic
1963 The Star King (serial version in Galaxy)
1964 s King Kragen (short story, later expanded to "The Blue World")
1964 The Killing Machine (Demon Princes II)
1964 The Dust of Far Suns (originally Future Tense) (collection)
1964 The Star King (Demon Princes I) (novel)
1965 Space Opera
1965 s The World Between
1965 s The Moon Moth
1965 s Brain of the Galaxy
1965 s The Devil on Salvation Bluff
1965 s The Men Return
1965 The World Between and Other Stories (collection)
1965 or 1966: (all short stories)
s The Overworld
s The Mountains of Magnatz
s The Sorcerer Pharesm
s The Pilgrims
s The Cave in the Forest
s The Manse of Iucounu
1966 Nopalgarth (short story, formerly The Brains of Earth)
1966 The Blue World
1966 The Eyes of the Overworld (collection)
1966 The Last Castle
1967 s The Narrow Land
1967 The Palace of Love (Demon Princes III)
1968 City of the Chasch (Tschai, Planet of Aventure:1)
1969 The Servants of the Wankh (Tschai, Planet of Adventure:2)
1969 Emphyrio
1969 eight fantasms and magics
1969 The Dirdir (Tschai, Planet of Aventure:3)
1970 The Pnume (Tschai, Planet of Adventure:4)
1971 The Anome (Durdane I)
1972 The Brave Free Men (Durdane III)
1973 The Asutra (Durdane III)
1973 Trullion: Alastor 2262
1973 s Rumfuddle
1973 The Worlds of Jack Vance (collection)
1974 The Gray Prince
1975 Showboat World
1975 Marune: Alastor 933
1976 Maske:Thaery
1976 s The Dogtown Tourist Agency
1977 s Freitzke's Turn
1978 Wyst: Alastor 1716
1979 The Face (Demon Princes IV)
1980 The Galactic Effectuator (collection)
1980 The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (collection)
1980? Nopalgarth (collection)
1981 The Book of Dreams (Demon Princes V)
1982 The Narrow Land (collection)
1983 Cugel's Saga
1984 Rhialto the Marvellous
1988 Araminta Station "Book One of the Cadwal Chronicles"
This list is just of the stuff I personally have - Vance may have written a
lot of stuff for the magazines that never got anthologized - I never bought
any magazines or hardbacks - these are all paperback editions.
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Dell
The Anome (Durdane I) #0441, 95�
copr. 1971, Jack Vance
first printing - March 1973
The Brave Free Men (Durdane III) #1708, 95�
first printing Aug 1973
copr. 1972 Jack Vance
originally appeared in serial form in
"Fantasy & Science Fiction"
The Asutra (Durdane III) #3157, 95�
first printing May 1974
copr. 1973 Jack Vance
originally appeared in serial form in
"Fantasy & Science Fiction"
Three Trips in Time and Space 8827,95�
(3 stories by Larry Niven, John Brunner, Jack Vance)
"These 3 stories appear in print here for the first time"
"Rumfuddle" copr. 1973 Jack Vance
first Laurel Printing February 1974
Emphyrio 2345, 75�
copr. 1969, Jack Vance
first Dell printing - September 1970
reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday & Co.
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Ace
The Worlds of Jack Vance 90955-$1.25
copr. 1973 by Jack Vance
The Brains of Earth copr. 1966 (doesn't say who!)
The World Between, The Moon Moth, Brain of the Galaxy, The
Devil on Salvation Bluff, and The Men Return, composed the
novel The World Between and Other Stories, copr. 1965
(doesn't say who either)
The Kokod Warriors, The King of Thieves, and Coup de Grace
were originally part of The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph,
copr. 1965 by Jack Vance
first Ace printing: December 1973
The Languages of Pao 47042-95�
copr. 1958, Jack Vance
copr. 1957, Renown Publications
published by arrangement with the Author
| This book was evidently published in the mid-70s but does not
| exhibit any copyright or printing date other than those above
Big Planet ACE|06171-0|$1.75
An ACE book by arrangement with Avalon Books
cover art by Vincent DiFate
second ACE printing: May 1978
copr. 1952 by Standard Magazines, Inc
copr. 1955 by Jack Vance
The Dirdir (Tschai, Planet of Aventure:3) 66901|60�
copr. 1969, Jack Vance
cover art by Jeff Jones
flyleaf ads:
City of the Chasch, Ace #66899
Servants of the Wankh, Ace #66900
The Last Castle 47071|95�
copr. 1966 by Galaxy Publishing Corp.
An Ace Book, by arrangement with the Author
The Dragon Masters 16648|95�
copr. 1962, Galaxy Publishing Corp.
first Ace printing: February 1963
second Ace printing: April 1972
third Ace printing: April 1973
(Ace Double) 77525|95�
Son of the Tree
copr. 1951 by Standard Magazines, Inc
The Houses of Iszm
copr. 1951 by Standard Magazines, Inc
copr. 1964 by Ace Books, Inc
magazine version, copr. 1954 by Better Publications, Inc.
The Galactic Effectuator
copr. 1980 by Jack Vance
"The Dogtown Tourist Agency" copr. 1976 by Jack Vance
"Freitzke's Turn" copr. 1977 by Jack Vance
first Ace printing: November 1981
published simultaneously in Canada
The Eyes of the Overworld M-149, 45�
copr. 1966 by Ace Books Inc
"The chapters entitled *The Overworld, The Mountains of
Magnatz, The Sorcerer Pharesm, The Pilgrims, The
Cave in the Forest* and *The Manse of Iucounu* have
appeared as individual stories in The Magazines of
Fantasy and Science Fiction and are copyright
1965, 1966 by Mercury Press, Inc
cover art by Jack Gaughan
The flyleaf also lists several other Jack Vance titles available
at this time (1966) from Ace: (doubles except for last)
D-295 Big Planet (by Jack Vance)
and Slaves of the Klau (unknown)
F-185 The Dragon Masters (by Jack Vance)
and The Five Gold Bands (by Robert Lory)
F-265 The Son of the Tree (Vance)
and The Houses of Iszm (Vance)
M-125 Monsters in Orbit (unknown)
and The World Between (unknown)
M-141 The Brains of Earth (unknown)
and The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (Vance)
F-390 The Languages of Pao (Vance)
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Baen Books (Jim Baen is available as jim_baen on BIX)
Rhialto the Marvellous 55991-5,$3.50
copr. 1984, Jack Vance
first printing November 1985
ISBN: 0-671-55991-5
cover art by Kevin Johnson
distributed by Simon and Schuster Mass Merchandise Sales Co.
Cugel's Saga 55917-6, $3.50
copr. 1983, Jack Vance
first Baen printing, November 1984
cover art by Kevin Johnson
ISBN: 0-671-55917-6
distributed by Simon and Schuster Mass Merchandise Sales Co.
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Pocket Books
The Dying Earth 44184-1, $2.25 (TimeScape line)
copr. 1950, Hillman Periodicals Inc
first Pocket Books printing March 1977
ISBN: 0-671-44184-1
flyleaf ad: other Pocket Books by Jack Vance:
The Best of Jack Vance
The Eyes of the Overworld
The Eyes of the Overworld 80904, $1.50
Ace Books edition published 1966
Pocket Book edition published February, 1977
cover illustration by Hildebrandt
This Pocket Book is published by arrangement with Ace Books.
copr. 1966, Ace Books
ISBN: 0-671-80904-0
The chapters entitled "The Overworld, The Mountains of Magnatz,
The Sorcerer Pharesm, The Pilgrims, The Cave in the Forest,
and The Manse of Iucounu" have appeared as individual
stories in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Copr.
1965, 1966 by Mercury Press, Inc.
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Collier Books
eight fantasms and magics - a science fiction adventure 02598-95�
copr. 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1969 Jack Vance
first Collier Books edition 1970
Eight Fantasms and Magics was originally published in a
hardcover edition by The Macmillan Company
Library of Congress Card Number 75-80798
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Avon
The Gray Prince 26799-$1.25
copr. 1974 Jack Vance
by arrangement with the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc
Library of Congress catalog card number: 74-1902
ISBN: 0-380-00557-7
first Avon printing, December 1975
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Berkeley/Medallion
Maske:Thaery 0-425-03503-4 $1.50
copr. 1976 Jack Vance
"first time in paperback"
published by arrangement with the author's agent
SBN 425-03503-4
Berkeley Medallion Ediion September 1977
Library of Congress catalog card number 76-17610
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Ballantine/Del Rey
The Blue World 25784/$1.50 "A Del Rey Book"
copr. 1966, Jack Vance
first edition: May 1966
second printing: April 1977
cover art by Vincent Di Fate
ISBN 0-345-25784-7-150
published simultaneously in Canada by Ballantine Canada
"The Blue World" first appeared as a short story titled
"King Kragen" in *Fantastic Magazine*, copr. 1964
by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
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TOR Books (the guy who runs TOR is also on BIX - might ask jim_baen
what his BIXname is)
Araminta Station "Book One of the Cadwal Chronicles" 55709-3,$4.95
copr. 1988 Jack Vance
ISBN 0-812-55709-3
Canadian ISBN 0-812-55710-7
cover art by Bob Eggleton
first edition: March 1988
first mass market printing: April 1989
1) | One of the three people in the dedication to this book is
| Kim Kokkonen. This is a somewhat unusual name; there is a fairly
| well known person of that name on CompuServe who is half of
| TurboPower Software.
2) | This is also one of the handful of Vance books I don't like. In
| fact, it sucks dead bunnies. For 554 fine print pages, no less.
| I'd be just as pleased if there was no "Book Two."
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DAW Books
The Star King (Demon Princes I) UE1402, No.305, $1.75
copr. 1964, Jack Vance
cover art by Gino D'Achille
first DAW printing, September 1978
"A somewhat difference version of this novel appeared serially
in *Galaxy Magazine*. Copyright 1963, Galaxy Publishing Corp.
The Killing Machine (Demon Princes II) UE1409, No.309, $1.75
copr. 1964, Jack Vance
cover art by Gino D'Achille
first DAW printing, October 1978
The Palace of Love (Demon Princes III) UE1442, No.325, $1.75
copr. 1967, Jack Vance
cover art by Gino D'Achille
first DAW printing, February 1979
The Face (Demon Princes IV) UJ1489, No.361, $1.95
copr. 1979, Jack Vance
cover art by Gino D'Achille
first DAW printing, November 1979
The Book of Dreams (Demon Princes V) UE1587, No.416 $2.25
copr. 1981 by Jack Vance
cover art by Ken W. Kelly
first printing, January 1981
Showboat World UE1660, No.453, $2.25
copr. 1975 by Jack Vance
cover art and frontispiece by David B. Mattingly
first DAW printing, October 1981
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph UE1531, No.381, $1.75
copr. 1966, 1980 by Jack Vance
cover art by David Russell
first printing, April 1980
"Individual stories herein appeared originally in *Startling
Stories* and *Thrilling Wonder Stories* and were copyright
1948, 1949, 1950, and 1952 by Better Publicatins, Inc. *Coup
de Grace* appeared originally in *Super-Science Stories*,
copyright 1958 by Fictioneers, Inc."
Marune: Alastor 933 UE1591, No.419, $2.25
copr. 1975, Jack Vance
cover art by David B. Mattingly
first DAW printing, January 1981
Wyst: Alastor 1716 UE1593 $2.25
copr. 1978, Jack Vance
cover art by David Mattingly
first printing, November 1978
Trullion: Alastor 2262 UE1590, No.418 $2.25
copr. 1973, Jack Vance
cover art by David B. Mattingly
first DAW printing, January 1981
To Live Forever UE1787,No.511 $2.50
copr. 1956, Jack Vance
cover art by David B. Mattingly
first DAW printing, December 1982
Nopalgarth UE1563,No.402 $2.25
copr. 1951, 1954, 1966 Jack Vance
cover art by Gino D'Achille
first DAW printing September 1980
Nopalgarth, formerly published as The Brains of Earth, in
1966 by Ace Books; The Houses of Iszm, from Startling
Stories, 1954; Son of the Tree, from Thrilling Wonder
Stories, 1951
The Dust of Far Suns UE1588,No.417 $1.75
original title: Future Tense
copr. 1964, Jack Vance
cover art by Paul Chadwick
first DAW printing January 1981
The Gift of Gab copr. 1955 by Street & Smith Pub
The Dust of Far Suns copr. 1962 as "Sail 25" by Ziff-Davis
Ullward's Retreat copr. 1958 by Galaxy Pub
Dodkin's Job copr. 1959, by Street and Smith
Publications, by arrangement with the author
The Narrow Land UE1747, No.490, $2.25
copr. 1982, Jack Vance
cover art by Wayne D. Barlowe
first printing, July 1982
The Narrow Land copr. 1967, Ultimate Publishing Co.
The Masquerade on Dicantropus, copr. 1951 by Standard Magazines
Where Hesperus Falls copr. 1956 King-Size Pubs
The World-Thinker copr. 1945, Mercury Press
Green Magic copr. 1963 by Standard Magazines
The Ten Books copr. 1951 by Standard Magazines
Chateau D'If copr. 1950 by Standard Magazines,
as "New Bodies for Old"
Space Opera UE1457, No.336, $1.75
copr. 1965, Jack Vance
cover art by Don Maitz
first DAW printing, April 1979
City of the Chasch (Tschai, Planet of Aventure:1) UE1461, No.339, $1.75
copr. 1968, Jack Vance
cover art by H.R. Van Dongen
first DAW printing, May 1979
The Servants of the Wankh (Tschai, Planet of Adventure:2)
UE1467, No. 342, $1.75
copr. 1969 by Jack Vance
cover art by H.R. Van Dongen
first DAW printing, June 1979
The Pnume (Tschai, Planet of Adventure:4) UE1484, No.351, $1.75
copr. 1970, Jack Vance
cover art by H.R. Van Dongen
first DAW printing, August 1979