Tales of the Dying Earth
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Tales of the Dying Earth is an omnibus collection of the Dying Earth series
books by Jack Vance
. The collection was first published by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1999 with the title The Compleat Dying Earth. It has been reprinted with the title Tales of the Dying Earth by Tor Books
in the US and by Orion Books in the UK as volume 4 of their Fantasy Masterworks
series.
Dying Earth series
The Dying Earth is a series of picaresque fantasy fixups by American author Jack Vance.-Works:The series consists of the following works:*The Dying Earth...
books by Jack Vance
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
. The collection was first published by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1999 with the title The Compleat Dying Earth. It has been reprinted with the title Tales of the Dying Earth by Tor Books
Tor Books
Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
in the US and by Orion Books in the UK as volume 4 of their Fantasy Masterworks
Fantasy Masterworks
Fantasy Masterworks is a series of fantastic fiction classics started by Millennium and continued by Gollancz , as a companion series for their SF Masterworks line.- Published titles :-External links :...
series.
Contents
- The Dying EarthThe Dying EarthThe Dying Earth is a 1950 collection of fantasy short stories by author Jack Vance. It is the first book in the Dying Earth series. It was nominated for the Retro Hugo in 2001.-Stories:*Turjan of Miir*Mazirian the Magician*T'sais...
- "Turjan of Miir"
- "Mazirian the Magician"
- "T’sais"
- "Liane the Wayfarer"
- "Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream"
- "Guyal of Sfere"
- The Eyes of the OverworldThe Eyes of the OverworldThe Eyes of the Overworld is a fantasy fixup by Jack Vance published in 1966, the second in the Dying Earth series. It features a series of linked stories detailing the travails of the self-proclaimed Cugel the Clever...
- "The Overworld"
- "Cil"
- "The Mountains of Magnatz"
- "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- "The Pilgrims"
- "The Cave in the Forest"
- "The Manse of Iucounu"
- Cugel's SagaCugel's SagaCugel's Saga is a 1983 work of science fantasy by Jack Vance, and the sequel to his 1966 book The Eyes of the Overworld. The story picks up where the protagonist, Cugel the Clever, had been left at the end of the previous book: sitting disconsolately on a barren beach far to the north of his...
- "Flutic"
- "The Inn of Blue Lamps"
- "Aboard the Galante"
- "Lausicaa"
- "The Ocean of Sighs"
- "The Columns"
- "Faucelme"
- "On the Docks"
- "The Caravan"
- "The Seventeen Virgins"
- "The Bagful of Dreams"
- "The Four Wizards"
- "Spatterlight"
- Rhialto the MarvellousRhialto the MarvellousRhialto the Marvellous is a 1984 collection of three fantasy novellas by Jack Vance as part of hisDying Earth series. The collection was first published by Brandywyne Books in 1984. The first two stories are original to this collection...
- Foreword
- "The Murthe"
- "Fader’s Waft"
- "Morreion"