Frasi di Jack Vance

Jack Vance, pseudonimo di John Holbrook Vance , è stato uno scrittore statunitense, autore di romanzi fantasy e di fantascienza, benché Vance stesso abbia obiettato a questa definizione.

Ha firmato gran parte delle sue opere come Jack Vance, ma ha anche usato il suo nome completo oltre agli pseudonimi Ellery Queen , Alan Wade, Peter Held e John van See. Gode di una buona considerazione da parte di critici e colleghi, alcuni dei quali hanno suggerito che la sua opera trascende i limiti del genere e che dovrebbe essere considerato un importante scrittore secondo gli standard della letteratura mainstream. Ad esempio Poul Anderson l'ha definito in un'occasione il più grande scrittore statunitense "in" fantascienza, invece che "di" fantascienza. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. Agosto 1916 – 26. Maggio 2013   •   Altri nomi جک ونس, ჯეკ ვენსი
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Jack Vance Frasi e Citazioni

Jack Vance: Frasi in inglese

“Sir, your ideas are incorrect in every possible respect.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 7, section 5 (p. 848)

“Sir, my life, drab and insipid though it may seem to others, is the only life given me to live.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 419)

“Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 5, "The Pilgrims"
Origine: Tales of the Dying Earth

“Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic!”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 1, "Turjan of Miir"

“He adjudicated the case in a manner I still find perplexing, but which must have been equitable, since it pleased no one.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 11, section 1 (p. 967)

“When one deals with the Murthe, the unthinkable becomes the ordinary, and Zanzel's repute carries no more weight than last year's mouse-dropping - if that much.”

"The Murthe", chapter 2
Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels, Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)

“I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 1, "The Overworld"

“We need no chieftain; such folk eat more than their share.”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

"Fader's Waft", chapter 13
Dying Earth (1950-1984), Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)

“Shimrod said: “Once I thought of you as a child in a woman’s body.”
Melancthe smiled a cool smile. “And now?”
“The child seems to have wandered away.””

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 436)

“The mind was a marvellous instrument, thought Shimrod; when left to wander untended, it often arrived at curious destinations.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 11, section 2 (p. 968)

““Let him talk as he will!” scoffed Zamp. “His motives are not at all obscure.””

Jack Vance libro Showboat World

Origine: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 10 (p. 108)

“It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"

“Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition.”

Jack Vance Dying Earth

Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"

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