- The View from Chickweed's Window
The View from Chickweed's Window Orphan Luellen Enright is sent to live with her aunt and uncle's family in San Francisco. Lulu has trouble with her new family and eventually is sent to a state home. She returns as a young woman to regain her father’s legacy, and uncovers an ugly family secret. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The Deadly Isles
The Deadly Isles A young scientist with ties to a family fortune survives a murder attempt while working in Tahiti. He discovers the identity of the assailant, but not the motive. For this, he follows the would-be murderer aboard an island-hopping passenger/cargo schooner bound for the Marquesas. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The Houses of Iszm
The Houses of Iszm The people of Iszm live in homes which are alive. Their dwellings are elaborate, hollow trees, wherein the very walls, floors - even furniture and plumbing - are all part of a living plant. For decades, inhabitants of other worlds, including Earth, have been trying to steal a female house seed, but every attempt has failed. This is the story of a most ingenious plot to carry off a prize worth billions: one seed from the Houses of Iszm. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The House On Lily Street
The House On Lily Street Welfare worker Paul Gunther is killed when he looks into the blackmailing of some of his cases. Lieutenant George Shaw leads the murder investigation, which touches on the jazz community and beatnik culture of Oakland in the early 1960's. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The Man in the Cage
The Man in the Cage Junketing around the Mediterranean in petty smuggling operations, Noel Hutson liked to think of himself as a gallant adventurer. But in the middle of a North African desert kasbah, with a truckload of contraband, the American feels less and less like a swashbuckling hero. Forced to reload his truck with a very suspicious cargo, he writes to his family asking for help. Noel disappears, and his brother Darrell comes to find him. Darrell's search takes him to the ancient city of Fez, and into the desert- along the way meeting fanatics, beautiful women, and villains. An exciting suspense novel about an American making his way through a restless society of smuggling, murder, and North African politics. Winner of the Edgar Award, 1961. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - Death of a Solitary Chess Player
Death of a Solitary Chess Player Cover for the novel written by Jack Vance and published under the Ellery Queen name as "A Room to Die In". - Son Of The Tree
Son Of The Tree "The Tree ruled the horizons, shouldered aside the clouds, and wore thunder and lightning like a wreath of tinsels - it had come to be worshipped by the first marveling settlers on Kyril". Joe Smith arrives from Earth and soon is caught up in a political plot between opposing worlds. Ultimately he discovers the true, horrific nature of The Tree of Life... - summary from the official Jack Vance website - Strange People, Queer Notions
Strange People, Queer Notions While in Rome, art student Chuck Musgrave is offered a job painting pictures of Positano, a picturesque town south of Naples. When Chuck arrives in Positano, strange things begin to happen. It becomes clear that not all foreigners living in Positano are there for the scenery! - summary from the official Jack Vance website Cover created utilising an original photograph of Positano by the author. - Strange She Hasnt Written
Strange She Hasnt Written Cover for the novel written by Jack Vance and published under the Ellery Queen name as "The Four Johns". - The Dark Ocean
The Dark Ocean Betty Haverhill leaves San Francisco on an Italian freighter bound for ports in El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela, Spain and Italy. Among the passengers is Mik Finsch, a mysterious man-of-the-world. Betty's mild flirtation with Mik ends in a fight and the suicide of one of the passengers. Another "suicide" leaves no doubt in Betty's mind that Finsch is a murderer, and soon she's fighting for her own life. - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The Flesh Mask
The Flesh Mask San Giorgio High School athlete Robert Struve's face is disfigured by an accident. Humiliated at a party by four popular girls, he lashes out - and as a result is sent away to reform school. Struve receives reconstructive surgery which transforms his appearance, then goes into the Army. Back in San Giorgio several years later, one of the girls is murdered, her face mutilated. A second girl is killed, and a third. Who could the murderer be? - summary from the official Jack Vance website - The Man Who Walks Behind
The Man Who Walks Behind Cover for the novel written by Jack Vance and published under the Ellery Queen name as "The Madman Theory". - The Rapparee
The Rapparee The galaxy is full of wealthy planets and haughty aliens who guard the technology of interstellar travel. Earth must pay a price for use of the space drive, and this rubs Paddy Blackthorn the wrong way- so he sets out to steal the secret. The powerful Shauls capture and dump him on a barren planet - yet here he acquires five golden bands containing the very data he is after. The information is coded - and while Paddy solves the puzzle he must evade a galactic manhunt! - summary from the official Jack Vance website - This Is Me, Jack Vance! Or More Properly, This Is I
This Is Me, Jack Vance! Or More Properly, This Is I Enjoy the ride as Jack Vance takes you on an informal trip through his life. Starting with his memories of childhood in a privileged San Francisco family, Vance leads us through lean times, picking fruit during the Depression, pranks at Cal, experiences at sea during the War, his early writing, and life in California in general, before marrying Norma; then a hard-working adulthood distinguished by writing, travel, colorfully noisy parties, and through it all- a deep love of traditional jazz music. Fans of Vance's writing will enjoy glimpses of the events which shaped and colored his fiction. Includes a photo section with 65 pictures. - summary from the official Jack Vance website Cover created utilising a self-portrait taken by the author. - Early Counting Plant
Early Counting Plant - Mottled Hatelove
Mottled Hatelove - Vacuum Orchid
Vacuum Orchid - Tartarus
Tartarus original title In Hell With Howard And Syd (dedicated to my father, and inspired by the artist Syd Mead) - Plastic Arteries
Plastic Arteries - Elysium
Elysium original title In Elysium With Ginesia And Piet (dedicate to my grandmother Ginesia, and inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian) - Gehenna
Gehenna - Limbo
Limbo original title In Limbo With Scott And Maurits (dedicated to my friend Scott Silva, and inspired by the artist M. C. Escher) - Shamayim
Shamayim original title In Heaven With George And Roger (dedicated to my uncle George, and inspired by the artist Roger Dean) - Xibalba
Xibalba - Artificial Neurons
Artificial Neurons