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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  

✵ 28. August 1916 – 26. Mai 2013  •  Andere Namen جک ونس, ჯეკ ვენსი
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“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"

“He used a name for himself, true, but we played at Romance, and this is a game where truth is a bagatelle.”

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"

“The colour, noise and festivity failed to elevate Carfilhiot’s mood; in fact—so he told himself—never had he witnessed so much pointless nonsense.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Quelle: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 25, section 3 (p. 280)

“Who is seducing whom? If we are working to the same ends, there is no need for so many cross-purposes.”

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"

“All is mutability, and thus your three hundred terces has fluctuated to three.”

Jack Vance

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)

“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"

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