[Ransomed]

He won the Hugo for “the Dragon Masters”, but my favourites are probably “the Demon Princes” series, “Planet of Adventure” series and his most famous work, “the Dying Earth”series.

Here’s a general write-up:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19Vance-t.html

He’s in his mid 90’s, and has been blind for a while now. The cat can write like no one else though. I have finally pretty much read the whole catalogue. Abe books is awesome for getting cheap used books.

I can’t recommend Vance enough, never read a dog from him, and I’ve pretty much read them all.

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[Abin Sur]

I'll check out the "Dying Earth" series, it sounds great!

Here's a bit of trivia about it (I just looked at the article about it on Wikipedia): the magic system used in Dungeons & Dragons (and some other elements of the game) is based on the Dying Earth! Since I played D&D a lot 30 years ago, and still play other roleplaying games, it may seem strangely familiar.

[GSWarrior]

I am a HUGE Jack Vance fan. I have an autographed hardback limited edition of Throy. It's not considered one of his best, but still, it's Jack Vance!

Also a HUGE Robert Silverberg fan.