Light from a Lone Star

Nesfa Press.

This is a collection of stories and articles by and about the Guest of Honor at the 1985 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), called Lone Star Con, in Austin. "Cat Island" is a previously unpublished excerpt from a novella. "A Vance Encyclopedia" is a selection of descriptions of people, places, and customs from Vance's universes; it is the first publication in this form.

Contents:

• Introduction (Russell Letson)
• The Men Return
• Hard-Luck Diggings
• First Star I See Tonight
• The Potters of Firsk
• Noise
• Cat Island (previously unpublished)
• A Talk with Jack Vance (Tim Underwood)
• A Vance Encyclopedia (non-fiction)