Library Additions: Two Jack Vance-Related Program Books

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Still more items from that Jack Vance lot. I never aspired to own a V-Con 7 Program Book, but since it’s signed by Vance, I do now!

  • (Vance, Jack) V-Con [7] Program Book. V-Con 7, 1979. First edition program chapbook original (10 3/4″ tall by 8 1/4″ wide), a Fine- copy with just a tiny bit of fading to the stapled spine edge, signed by Vance. Program books for a 1979 convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, where Jack Vance was Guest of Honor (and Frank Herbert Toastmaster). I have also taken the liberty of scanning an advert for an ambitious young cyberpunk found within…

  • (Vance, Jack) (Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller, unlisted editorsThe Book of the Sixth World Fantasy Convention. Underwood/Miller, 1980. First edition hardback, one of 1000 copies, a Fine- copy, with slight bumping at head and heel, sans dust jacket, as issued, with pocket program and card for the convention laid in. World Fantasy Convention where Jack Vance was Guest of Honor. Hewett, M88.

    • About Lawrence Person

    Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
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