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Malheureusement, le grand Jack Vance nous a quittés : http://www.jackvance.com/jackvance_05262013/.

Bruno a écrit :Malheureusement, le grand Jack Vance nous a quittés : http://www.jackvance.com/jackvance_05262013/.

Et merde...

C'est une très mauvaise nouvelle. C'est un de mes auteurs préférés qui nous quitte.

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So it goes (n'allons pas jusqu'à faire semblant d'être surpris). ceux qui croient au repos éternel diront qu'il l'a bien mérité. Les autres ne verront que son absence.

Mon héros est mort...RIP Maître Jack et so long!

Je suis triste...

Meme si on s'attendait à cette triste nouvelle (vu son grand age), cela fait tout de même un sacré choc.
Avec lui disparait toute une époque dont il fut l'un des phares les plus éblouissant.
Ses livres resteront à jamais pour en témoigner.

Du talent, de l'imagination, du bonheur!

Courte revue de presse :

L'express

Le Figaro : hommage au grand jardinier de l'anticipation

Le Soir :Jack Vance s’en est allé faire rêver les étoiles


Le Magazine Littéraire

Une page se tourne...

jerome a écrit :...

L'express

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On appréciera le lien vers Le Dernier Château.
JDB

Christopher Priest a écrit un article sur Jack Vance.

Extrait :
Vance's lasting impact may lie in the influence he had on other writers. Many have spoken of the way in which his imagery freed their own imaginations, while others may be argued as having come under Vance's thrall. These include writers as diverse as Ursula K Le Guin, Jack L Chalker, Michael Moorcock, George RR Martin and Gene Wolfe. The critic John Clute has even suggested that JG Ballard's "peneplainal venues" might be traced back to Vance.

But Vance himself was an unpretentious craftsman who consistently claimed to have no interest in the art of writing, saying that he wrote only to make money – which, by working as fast and prolifically as he did, he managed to achieve. The wish to present oneself as a humble wordsmith, writing fast and commercially, was not unusual for a male writer of Vance's generation; he was first published in the commercial-fiction magazines that were still appearing in the US after the second world war. It was a market where writers were treated badly, payment was poor, readership uncritical, and the work often arbitrarily truncated or padded out for reasons of space. Vance saw himself as a modest producer of readable text, with no aspiration towards literary pretension or status. Even when he graduated to publication in book form, many of his titles came out in ephemeral paperback editions, which were carelessly edited and illustrated with garish covers. Even so, these copies sold better than most, disappeared rapidly from the bookstalls and in certain circles soon became collectable editions.

Il a mis une photo

Je remets le lien de l'article dans lequel Silverberg évoque sa lecture de La Terre mourrante.
http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0702/ref.shtml

Je rajoute un long article en anglais ici...

Vance was notable for his influential style and numerous stories, netting him many fans over his 61-year career. His wife, Norma Vance, passed away in 2008. His last novel was published in 2004, Lurulu, one final entry in his Gaean Reach world. Many of the authors who were influenced by his stories would be influential in their own right, from Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, George R.R. Martin and Gene Wolfe, and he will undoubtedly continue to influence authors for years to come.