Un article en anglais sur Jack Vance

[jerome]

Voici un court article en anglais sur Jack Vance.

Je vous mets le début :
At times it is difficult to determine the difference between a science fiction story and a fantasy. Perhaps the most influential writer in the blending of the two genres has been Jack Vance. His first book The Dying Earth was set on a future earth where magic has replaced science, and the individual stories consisted of a series of adventures reminiscent of the fantasy quest. Another early book was The Languages of Pao, perhaps the best science fiction novel ever written about linguistics.

In the Sixties Vance was most successful with three acclaimed novellas and a series of fast-paced adventures. The novellas were "The Moon Moth," a mystery that examined a society in which people communicate largely by wearing elaborate masks; "The Dragon Masters" and "The Last Castle," were both sf stories which wore much of the paraphenalia of fantasy. Both stories won Hugo Awards and affirmed Vance’s reputation as one of the major writers in science fiction.