Jack Vance buch The Last Castle
Quelle: The Last Castle (1966), Chapter 2, section 1
John Holbrook Vance war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Unter dem Namen Jack Vance wurde ein großer Teil seines Werkes im Rahmen der Science-Fiction- und Fantasy-Literatur veröffentlicht. Ferner verwendete er seinen Eigennamen John Holbrook Vance und die Pseudonyme Peter Held, Alan Wade und John van See und schrieb drei Kriminalromane unter dem Namen Ellery Queen. Wikipedia

Jack Vance buch The Last Castle
Quelle: The Last Castle (1966), Chapter 2, section 1
“Yes, I realize that I see but a semblance, but so do you, and who is to say which is real?”
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 8, section 5 (p. 904)
“An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.”
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"
Quelle: Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973), Section 2 (p. 168)
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 2, "Cil"
Jack Vance buch To Live Forever
Quelle: To Live Forever (1956), Chapter XI, section 2
Jack Vance buch Space Opera
Quelle: Space Opera (1965), Chapter 4 (p. 30)
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 3, section 2, "Faucelme"
“I still feel that we should act with restraint. It’s much easier not to do than to undo.”
Section 12 (p. 218)
Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973)
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 418)
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 25, section 3 (p. 280)
Jack Vance buch Space Opera
Quelle: Space Opera (1965), Chapter 13 (p. 134)
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 6, section 5 (p. 807)
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Erwig refilled Cugel's glass. "I consider this an important endorsement of our views!"
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 731)
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Dying Earth (1950-1984), Rhialto the Marvellous (1984), "Morreion", Ch. 8
"Morreion"
Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels, Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy
Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 13, section 3 (p. 136; Shimrod to Melancthe)
“I give dignity second place to expedience.”
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 6, section 1, "The Four Wizards"
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 4, section 2, "The Caravan"
Jack Vance Dying Earth
"Morreion", Ch. 6
Dying Earth (1950-1984), Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
Jack Vance buch Showboat World
Quelle: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 11 (p. 123)
“All is mutability, and thus your three hundred terces has fluctuated to three.”
Quelle: Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels, The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 7, "The Manse of Iucounu"
“The purportedly free was seldom as represented.”
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 6, "The Cave in the Forest"
“If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.”
Jack Vance buch The Dragon Masters
Section 7
The Dragon Masters (1962)
Section 5 (p. 177)
Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973)
“Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.”
Jack Vance Dying Earth
Quelle: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"