Adventure is just another name for having the daylights sca… - Jack Vance

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Adventure is just another name for having the daylights scared out of you and living to tell about it.

Jack Vance

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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series.

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Birth Name: John Holbrook Vance

Alternative Names: John H. Vance

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Adventure is just another name for having the daylights scared out of you and living to tell about it. - Jack Vance

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