The end of a generation...

His stories have given me inestimable joy since the day I found The Dying Earth in a used book store in the mid 80s. Universes have passed. Here's to Jack Vance.

Your imaginary worlds and very real characters will live forever in my heart. Thank you, Jack.

Jack, you'll be sorely missed! Everything you wrote was so beautifully put together, there'll never be another writer like you! I hope that your work will continue to be published and that readers continue to discover your amazing works!

Une magnifique page de littérature s’achève avec la disparition de ce grand Homme.

Gracias Jack:
I've read your work since I was 15 years old.Every year I reread some of your books. Thanks for this great stories.
We will miss you

Sad tiding!
May you find lots of love on your last journey m8
RIP

Simply the best SF practicioner the world has seen. A consistent entertainer, his surperbly crafted books will be read over and again. What a great legacy. Thanks for all the great mind-food, Jack. RIP.

The world lost a towering, formidable spirit.
I lost my Grandpa.

Jack Vance was a friend of mine. He taught me that imagination lasts a lifetime.

I have read and re-read nearly everything Jack wrote. His words have shaped my thoughts on many topics. I mourn his passing and I am grateful that it was peaceful. My sincere best wishes and condolences are extended to his surviving family. Remember him well, he was a gem.

Aah Jack! We are bereft...

I'm so glad I discovered the work of Jack Vance as a teenager. Now, 20 years later, he still is my favorite writer and probably always will be. Thanks for all the great work. R.i.p.

Your stories brought joy to my heart and laughter to my face. You are sorely missed.

I keep on my heart and mind that diner we shared in 98' in Poitiers. You gave me lots of advices for my writing works. Thank you for that, and also for all your amazing stories. You were, and you remain my spiritual father.

Live for ever

Gone but not forgotten. His wit will live forever!

Your books are faithful friends since i discovered them at 12 , and now at 45 i still love to wander into the forest of Tantrevalles.
You will be missed and i suppose we all feel a little orphan. Thanks for all your works, the marvels of your worlds, your brillant and smart style and plots.
I wish the Vance integral edition
will be translated in many languages. Wherever you are now, i guess the sunsets, wine and food are greats;) Au revoir

Thanks Jack

been a fan since forever, bought everything you wrote more than once for the sheer joy of it

always love reading and rereading your work - you made the first real aliens alien!

Wherever you are, in the underworld, overworld, or no world whatever: we drink to your memory

Sadness, nothing but sadness.
He was not the one why I began reading SF, but he's the one because I'm still reading SF, and will be reading it.
He had the magic in his pen to create worlds, magical character. You wished you could open the door and walk into the story. I express my gratitude to him in the joyfull time I spend reading his books, on and on and on....thank you, thank you.

Jack was my most favourite author. I enjoyed all his books, especially the "Dying Earth" and "Tschai" series, but I love all his works.
I'll miss you Jack!
"Traz Onmale lo guardò con disgusto e compassione, poi disse: — Allora t’insegnerò io qual è la vera origine dell’uomo. Tu hai visto le due lune. La luna rosa è Az, dimora della beatitudine. Quella azzurra è Braz, luogo di tormento dove vanno gli uomini malvagi, i kruthsh’geir, dopo la morte. Moltissimo tempo fa, le due lune entrarono in collisione, e nell’urto molti furono scaraventati lontano e caddero su Tschai. Ora, tutti cercano di tornare su Az, sia i buoni sia i cattivi, ma i Giudici, da cui proviene la saggezza dai globi che portano, dividono i buoni dai cattivi e li inviano alla destinazione che loro compete."
You deserve the Red Moon of Az, Jack!

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!