One of those rare writers whose work is so good, it inspires people to try writing for themselves.

I was 10 when my father lent me a book from his sci-fi collection. It was the first science-fiction book I read, the title was "Cugel l'Astucieux" and the author was Jack Vance.
And since this time, I know some places where traveling is wonderful.
Bon vent John, et merci !

Dear Jack,
I've read your work since I was 12 years old. Now I'm 56 and still reading your stories over and over again. You will be missed in the Netherlands!

If he's dead, then so can I. RIP.

One of last giant is gone.
A man, a traveller, a writer.
Thanks for all, dear John.
R.I.P

Farewell, Jack, you brought me endless pleasure with your wonderful storytelling, and will continue to do so for the rest of my own life. My thoughts are with your family and friends.

I cannot express how deeply your books & stories touched me. You gave me worlds to dream about - thank you for sharing them.

You and Norma have bean like guardians to me. I've traveled unbelievable and beautiful horizons with you, again and again, far beyond......this time we have to let you go, just like we did with Norma. Now the two of you can travel for eternity, beyond even "the beyond"...further even. I shall remember you with love. Deepest condolences to family and friends.

May your books live on forever, so your name will not be forgotten; now or in the distant future. Thank you, Mr. Vance.

Thanks Jack, I loved every word.

Thank you Jack, you have been one of the greatest science-fiction and fantasy writer ever.
And, thank you for the Dying Earth, the greatest invention ever.

Thank you for all the pleasure that I had reading all your wonderful books

And even now part of me flys over Cadwell at angel 1 5.
So long, and thanks for all the books

You were one of the authors that lead me into science-fiction. I dreamed about Tschaï when I was a teen. Your stories where the archetype of travel and sense of wonder. So long, Mr Vance.

Dank je Jack Vance voor de werelden die je schiep en de verhalen die er in afspelen. Ik zal ze altijd blijven lezen.

Thank you Jack. You have given to me pleasure reading books of adventure, great stories, enjoyed it for many years and it's not over... RIP my friend.

I still vividly remember the day I first picked up one of Jack Vance's works. A dreary day in the fall of 1998. All I remember from that day is that by the time I put down the book next days dawn was creeping through the curtains. From then on I was captivated by his storytelling and world building.
it is sad to hear that a man with such a gift has passed away, the world will be poorer for it.

May he rest in the light and have peace in whatever follows after. I hope they apreciate a good storyteller where ever he is now.

My condolances and sympathy to those he left behind

Thank you for your thoughts, ideas, dreams and the power to be able to share them with us all.
So many would like to do the same and you are an inspiration to us all.

Many years ago, I used to use his "Languages of Pao" as a required reading in a sociology course that I taught. I've read and enjoyed and learned from his works over the years. He leaves a great legacy behind.

Thank you Jack, I will treasure your stories like IOUN stones. May they never turn grey.

Thousand thanks for all you gave to me, pleasure, dreams and inspiration. Please, find a way to tell us what's beyond.
Lyonesse is good for you !

Rest In Peace, John H. You will always be my favorite writer ...

It's very sad to hear this news.

There has never been another author who I've have enjoyed reading so much. Whose wit and intelligence has made me grin so much and whose imagination and decriptions have instilled such a sense of wonder in me.

"Beauty is a luster which love bestows to guile the eye"

Thank you Jack Vance.

Jack Vance m'a toujours accompagné ; de mes lectures d'enfant où le pnume semblait visiter les bois noirs dans lesquels je passais mes vacances à, vingt plus tard, l'écriture de ma thèse -la première en France à utiliser ses oeuvres comme supports. Aujourd'hui, j'ai deux enfants, un garçon et une fille, dont les seconds prénoms sont respectivement Béran et Heizari. Tant qu'il y aura des enfants, tant qu'il y aura des livres, Vance ne mourra pas.

A door on marvellous and fantastic worlds has been closed forever, but the ones you donated to us will shine forever.
Thanks.

I spent many an hour enjoying the worlds imagined by Jack Vance. He will be sorely missed.

Thanks for all the hours of wonder, mystery and adventure.

Goodbye, Mr Vance, The world will be an emptier place without you.

Thanks for all the great stories. My favorite sf-writer left a superb legacy that I will keep rereading. Tschai, Demon Princes, etc, I could go on.

Jack, thank you for all the wonderful, terrifying and funny visions you shared with us.

大师走好！

I only really got to enjoy Jack Vance's work a few years ago when I devoured and loved the Lyonesse saga. I will be happy to continue to read his prose for the rest of my life. Thanks for everything, Jack

Thank you for all the wonderful stories.
Farewell Mr. Vance.

Here's to you Jack Vance and thank you for a lifetime of dreams and imagination. I grew up from a very young age reading your books. It started with reading Languages of Pao and the demon princes in Dutch and finding out that after the first book in the cadwal chronicles trilogy it would take a very long while for a sequel! I eventually grew up to own an amazon.com account by myself, ordered books from the US which I still have (in sorry state but still there) and was crushed when during my student years I had to decide between food and the hardcover integral edition. Of course I chose food in the end but had to suffer for years until sfgateway.com and gollancz in the UK decided to rerelease the entire integral edition as ebooks so I could finally reconnect on my kindle paperwhite. It's been a pleasure to slowly reread every book (working my way through all the books that I never got a chance to read) and especially to read all 3 books in the cadwal chronicles! I look forward to owning all your books in electronic format and to rereading them once every few years as I have done with planet of adventure, the alastor cycle, the demon princes, the dying earth and so on! Thank you for sharing your imagination through the medium of books, for enriching my life and for a lifetime of reading!

Sadness. Great Jack, I hope that you can sail tOo a far beach in Durdane planet....

most of my life I was reading your fantastic stories ,and more than ones.
Thank you Jack for all
those wonderfull hours.

rest in peace,
Jack

Легкой дороги.

merci pour les rêves et bon voyage , farewell M. Vance !

Jack Vance is immortal.
In his books, Jack Vance shall live for centuries, supporting with his indomitable spirit those noble non-conformists who seek justice in this world. Over the years, I've translated into Russian 20 of his books, and every one gave me an incomparable pleasure. Long live Jack Vance!

We cannot begin to find the words to express how much your works have given us over the years ...

Rest In Peace, Jack!

Reading the sad news and your wonderful comments I am just crying like a baby... He was the greatest and he will live forever in his books. The only author that I have continuously re-read all my life
and the only one whose work I
keep in my heart as part of my soul. Sometimes I think all his fantastic universes did really exist in his mind and that he was able to tell us, lucky people, how they were... Buon viaggio Jack e vento in poppa!

The emperor went out among his subjects to see how they fared, and the author mingled with his fans to hear their thoughts.

The depth of his writing was not always obvious. It started out as a good read, and then it kept improving as one thought more about it and re-read it.

I have grown old with Jack Vance and immeasurably enriched by the reading: humor with intelligence, great characters, intricate worlds of wonder unfolded before my eyes. Deeply saddened by the passing of a meteor in the darkness. Go with my greatest of thanks old friend.

In short. ..

Thank you Sir!

Thank you, Mr Vance, for all the dreams you fed my mind with.

Dear Mr Vance,

My journey started with the discovery of Emphyrio, continued through a kaleidoscope of your other books, and remains thankfully incomplete, as I still have yet to read a few of your works. Thank you for the many times that you've transported me to far and fantastic places. You will long be remembered.

I read The Last Castle a very long time ago
and it was good, kept reading and it got
better.Thank you Jack,go well.

Jack Vance has passed on, but his writing remains. Lucky us who get to to read and delight in his work, for the first time or over and over again!

Jack Vance was my favorite author. When I finished the Lyonesse saga, it was like saying farewell to an old friend.
Farewell, Mr. Vance.

千古文章,不外乎叹生之玄妙, 环视四海,何以见书魂之亡

One of my very favorite authors.
Great stories, incredibly creative settings, superb and clever characters and dialog, beautiful language... Jack's work is unique.
Thank you so much Mr. Vance!

I discovered Jack Vance through a fever for early SF writers. I must admit i hated fantasy or adventure books at that moment and Jack Vance just turned my mind with his amazing books. What a great memory, reading the dying earth cycle while listen to iron maiden ! beyond his death, it is also the end of a great generation of authors that just left ashamed so many today's "SF" writers.

a french fan.

I've read Jack Vance since I was fifteen, hooked forever by a short passage in The Dying Earth that mentions a tiny pink light bobbing in a distant, dark forest. No other explanation, everything left to my imagination. I've never stopped reading and rereading him since (I'm now 43). RIP to another master.

Merci Monsieur Vance pour tous ces mondes merveilleux que vous m'avez fait découvrir depuis 40 ans ..Merci aussi d' avoir donné le gout de la lecture et de l'aventure à un jeune ado...Bon voyage..

I discovered Vance's work in 2005.
He became my favorite writer, without equal.
I spoke with him on the phone for hours not too long ago.
He was a genuine man and a credit to us all.
Long Live Vance.
Rest in peace, friend.

Merci Jack pour tous ces fabuleux voyages.

Your short story collection blew my mind. I always like it when it happens. Kepeät mullat, as they say in Finland.

One of the first authors to turn me on to the Fantasy genre, he will always remain one of my very favorites.

Thank you for the many hours of bliss and joy I got, reading of your many worlds of wonder.

Thank you for the awesome books and stories you have shared with us. Rest in Peace Jack Vance.

Ave

From Holland, with love.

Cast-off party dresses, artificial eyebrows encrusted with jewels, grist tinted rivers, rogue priests practicing hysterical customs in obscure dialects - you had it all - your sharing was a gift; thank you.