David G. Mead
An Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, 20th-Century
Fiction Writer,  Volumes I, II, and III
(Edwin Mellen Press 2002)

Publisher's comments:
Jack Vance is widely regarded as one of the great writers of imaginative literature of the 20th century. For over 50 years, readers have been enthralled by the richness and exoticism of his imagined worlds. This encyclopedia lists and defines all the people, places, and things invented by Jack Vance for his fiction in English. It provides a ready reference for scholars working with the critical literature on Vance, and makes it possible for readers and critics to identify and locate details in stories that are out-of-print or unavailable, as well as providing a wealth of data for scholars interested in the working of Vance’s creative imagination. The Encyclopedia contains more than 15,600 terms from Vance’s science fiction, fantasy, and detective-adventure fiction, and excludes only the work written by Vance as “Ellery Queen.”

Dr. Mead is Professor of English at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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