Science fiction author Jack Vance died Sunday in Oakland, Calif., He was 96. Vance was one of the most influential SF authors of the postwar period, inspiring numerous writers and the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. His best-known books from a career that began in the 1940s in pulp magazines are the Dying Earth series. He won Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master awards.
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