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The Cosmopolis
Literary
Supplement
With majestic deliberation the thrashing kragen was
lifted
from the water and swung up in the air.
The Blue World, VIE volume 16, page 40
The Vance Integral Edition project began in 1999. Over 300 volunteers,
world-wide, worked via the Internet, for 6 years, to create a definitive and
complete edition of Vance's work in 44 volumes. A supplemental 45th volume,
with the 3 'Ellery Queen' novels, was also published. Approximately 600 book
sets were printed for VIE subscribers. Several dozen sets were donated to
libraries. VIE texts have been the basis of all subsequent publications and
translations. The essays from VIE volume 44, linked below, are post-project
overviews. Much project information is also avalable in Cosmopolis and Extant.
The Story of the VIE
by Tim Stretton (from VIE volume 44)
The Reconstruction of the VIE Texts
by Alun Hughes (from VIE volume 44)
VIE books: Images and Information
(More VIE images available from links page)