The Omnibus Volumes of Jack Vance, Part I: Planet of Adventure We’ve covered several omnibus collections of interest to fantasy fans recently: Elrod’s newest series, Her Majesty’s Psychic Service, opens with The Hanged Man, a Victorian urban fantasy thriller, on sale this week. The Vampire Files, Volume Five (March 6, 2012, 576 pages) The Vampire Files, Volume Four (September 6, 2011, 544 pages) The Vampire Files, Volume Three (March 1, 2011, 480 pages) The Vampire Files, Volume Two (September 5, 2006, 496 pages) The Vampire Files, Volume One (October 7, 2003, 464 pages) Over the next nine years, Ace released all twelve Vampire Files novels in five omnibus volumes, with contents as follows:
All those hard-to-find paperbacks, in one handsome and economical package? It’s too much to resist. And, well, you know what a sucker I am for omnibus collections.
Then Ace Books released the first omnibus volume in 2003, containing the first three Vampire Files novels. Plus some of the earlier books became harder to find, and it all seemed like just a bit too much effort. But it seemed a little late to jump on board, and I was never really sure what volume to start with. By then, the series had gotten pretty far along, and I wondered idly if I should pick one up. Folks used adjectives like “surprising” and “old fashioned fun” to describe his adventures. A few things happened to change that.įirst, I started to hear about Jack Fleming, the investigative journalist in Prohibition-era Chicago who becomes a vampire and private investigator, and whose first case was to solve his own murder. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t initially interested in P.N.
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