The Best of Jack Vance

by Jack Vance

Book Overview

Unlike most "Best of" collections, this one concentrates on longer stories, including the award winning novel *The Last Castle.* Also contains: . . Sail 25 . . Ullward's Retreat . . Abercrombie... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671830708
• ISBN13: 9780671830700
• Release Date: July 1979
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Best ever science fiction short stories

Every story in this collection is a winner. My very favorite short story of all time is in this collection - the Moon Moth. This is the most inventive, imaginative, fascinating short story I have ever read. You cannot imagine the outcome of this story except that the main character is as much an anti-hero as a hero. I like this story so much, I have read it over and over. Every time it leaves me chuckling and appreciating once more the skill of this storyteller and his fantastic imagination.

Contains six stories

The book contains a preface and six stories. The Last Castle won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. The contents of the book are as follows: - Preface to the Collection - Abercrombie Station - The Last Castle - The Moon Moth - Rumfuddle - Sail 25 - Ullward's Retreat