Editing Jack Vance (section)

==Works inspired by Vance==
* ''[[A Quest for Simbilis]]'' by [[Michael Shea (author)|Michael Shea]] ([[DAW Books|DAW]], NY, 1974; authorized sequel of the Cugel novel ''[[Eyes of the Overworld]]'' although Vance later wrote his own sequel ''[[Cugel's Saga|Cugel the Clever]]''; Shea also wrote ''[[Nifft the Lean]]'' ([[DAW Books|DAW]], NY, 1982), and ''[[The Mines of Behemoth]]'' (1997) about a Cugel-like character; and ''[[In Yana, the Touch of Undying]]'' ([[DAW Books|DAW]], NY, 1985) which is also Vancian. ''A Quest for Simbilis'' was reprinted in 2020 by Spatterlight Press under the "Paladins of Vance" label.).
* The ''Archonate'' series by [[Matt Hughes (writer)|Matthew Hughes]] (beginning with ''Fools Errant'' (Aspect Books, 2001)) is set in a Vancean universe which at long intervals changes between running on science and rational cause-and-effect to magic and sympathetic association, with cataclysmic effects for its inhabitants. Stories set before this change, including the Henghis Hapthorn and Luff Imbry series, take place in a futuristic space opera setting reminiscent of Vance's Gaean Reach while those set after, including the Raffalon and Baldemar series, are in the Dying Earth subgenre. Hughes also published an authorised sequel to the ''Demon Princes'' series with Spatterlight Press under the "Paladins of Vance" label; titled ''Barbarians of the Beyond'', the book was released in summer 2021.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} 
* ''Phaedra: Alastor 824'' by [[Tais Teng]] (Spatterlight Press, 2019) (authorised [[Alastor Cluster]] novel under the "Paladins of Vance" label.)
* ''[[Dinosaur Park (novel)|Dinosaur Park]]'' by [[Hayford Peirce]] ([[Tor Books|Tor]], NY, 1994).
* ''Fane'' by [[David M. Alexander]] (longtime Vance friend). ([[Pocket Books]], NY, 1981).
* ''The Pharaoh Contract'' (Bantam, 1991), ''Emperor of Everything'' (Bantam, 1991), ''Orpheus Machine'' (Bantam, 1992) by [[Ray Aldridge]].
* [[Gene Wolfe]] has acknowledged that ''The Dying Earth'' influenced his ''[[The Book of the New Sun]]''.<ref>[http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/wolfe.html Suns New, Long, and Short: An Interview with Gene Wolfe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716072544/http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/wolfe.html |date=July 16, 2006 }} by Lawrence Person, ''Nova Express Online'', 1998</ref>
* [[Dan Simmons]]'s ''[[Hyperion Cantos]]'' has many echoes of Vance, explicitly acknowledged in one of the later books.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
* ''[[The Golden Age (John C. Wright novel)|The Golden Age]]'' by [[John C. Wright (author)|John C. Wright]] has some similarities to Jack Vance's works, including an ornamented language, and a baroque and sterile culture toppled by a lone individualist.
* ''The Arbiter Tales'' (1995–1996), three novels by L. Warren Douglas, were strongly influenced by Vance's [[Alastor Cluster]] stories. (Douglas's first novel, ''A Plague of Change'' (1992), is dedicated to Jack Vance.<ref name=Douglas-website/>)
* ''The Dog of the North'' (2008), a fantasy by Tim Stretton, is strongly influenced by Vance, as noted in the acknowledgements.  He outlines his debt to Vance on his blog.<ref name=Stretton-2008/>
* ''[[Songs of the Dying Earth]]'' (2009), a tribute anthology to Jack Vance's seminal ''Dying Earth'' series,<ref>[http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SP&Product_Code=martin07 "Songs of the Dying Earth"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621102248/http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SP&Product_Code=martin07 |date=June 21, 2009 }}. Promotion in advance of publication. [[Subterranean Press]].</ref> edited by [[George R. R. Martin]] and [[Gardner Dozois]], both avid Vance fans.
* The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]] and associated literature used a magic system inspired in part by Jack Vance's ''Dying Earth'' series: notably, magic users in the game forget spells they have learned immediately upon casting them, and must re-study them in order to cast them again; indeed, this whole system of magic is commonly known as 'Vancian Magic'.<ref name=Gygax-2001/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20071009a |title=Birth of a Rule |access-date=October 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602003701/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd%2F4ex%2F20071009a |archive-date=June 2, 2009 }}, article from the D&D website</ref> ''The Dying Earth'' and ''The Eyes of the Overworld'' are featured in the "Appendix N: Inspirational and Educational Reading" section of the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition|1st edition]] of the ''[[Dungeon Masters Guide]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gygax |first=Gar |title=Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Masters Guide |publisher=TSR |year=1979 |isbn=0-935696-02-4 |edition=Revised |location=Lake Geneva, WI |pages=224 |oclc=13642005 |language=en}}</ref> and in "Appendix E: Inspirational Reading" the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition|5th edition]] of the ''[[Player's Handbook]]''.<ref>Mearls, Mike, and Jeremy Crawford. "Appendix E: Inspirational Reading". ''Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook''. 5th ed. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2014. 312. Print.</ref> One of the prominent villains in the game, [[Vecna]], is named after Vance, his name being an anagram of the author's surname.<ref>[http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html "Gygax's Greyhawk Anagrams, Puns, and Homages in the World of Greyhawk"]</ref>
* Other role-playing games include: ''Lyonesse'', ''[[The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game|Dying Earth]]'', ''Fallen London'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Ask why he is thus adorned | website=Fallen London Wiki | date=3 April 2022 | url=https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_why_he_is_thus_adorned | access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> and ''[[Talislanta]]'' (originally designed by [[Stephen Michael Sechi]]).
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R. R. Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/324891.html |title=A Sad Day for SF |access-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715204602/http://grrm.livejournal.com/324891.html |archive-date=July 15, 2013 |date=May 29, 2013 }}</ref> has a minor character, "Lord Vance of Wayfarer's Rest", with daughters named Liane, Rhialta, and Emphyria for Liane the Wayfarer, Rhialto the Marvellous, and Emphyrio, respectively.
* ''Intergalactic Words: Articles for Consideration'' (2011), a series of articles by Joseph Wykel, is strongly influenced by Vance, particularly the article ''Solo Ball Future'' about the dying sun.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Intergalactic-Words-Consideration-Joseph-Wykel-ebook/dp/B07KSJBSPG  |title=Intergalactic Words: Articles for Consideration by Joseph Wykel|website=Amazon}}</ref>