1. The Dying Earth

    Collection of fantasy short fiction by American writer Jack Vance

    The Dying Earth is a collection of science fantasy/fantasy short fiction by American writer Jack Vance, published by Hillman in 1950. Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series. It was retitled Mazirian the Magician in the Vance Integral Edition, according to Jack Vance's expressed preference. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database calls it a "slightly connected series of stories" but it was ranked number 16 of 33 "All Time Best Fantasy Novels" by Locus in 1987, based on a poll of subscribers. Similarly, it was one of five finalists for the Best Novel "Retro Hugo" in 2001 when the World Science Fiction Society provided 50th anniversary recognition for a publication year without Hugo Awards. Wikipedia

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  2. goodreads.com

    Jack Vance's The Dying Earth is made of six short stories, somewhat interconnected, all set on future ancient Earth under the light of the dying Sun. It's a sad world, with the inhabitants reduced to a tiny fraction of the former populations, with science lost and replaced by magic (albeit somehow, in the far past, rooted in the ancient lore of ...
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  3. The Dying Earth series concludes as "a group of magicians embark on various adventures . . . recounted in Vance's wonderful, unique prose" (The Guardian). Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by ...
  4. Vance returned to the "dying earth" setting (a far distant future in which the sun is slowly going out, and magic and technology coexist) to write the picaresque adventures of the ne'er-do-well scoundrel Cugel the Clever, and those of the magician Rhialto the Marvellous. These books were written in 1963, 1978 and 1981.
    Author:Jack Vance
  5. the-dying-earth.fandom.com

    Welcome to the The Dying Earth Wiki [] "Everywhere at this time of the Earth's dying exceptional circumstances are to be noted." CONTENTS 1. Locales. 2. Treasures and Curios of the Dying Earth. 3. Cultures of the Dying Earth. 4. Godlings, Avatars, Demonic Presences, and other assorted Higher Powers. 5. The Institute and its Staff. 6.
  6. goodreads.com

    The Dying Earth: The Dying Earth is a collection of linked short stories. And here they are: Turjan of Miir: Turjan, a wizard, seeks the help of Pandelume, another wizard, in creating artificial life. Turjuan is a good intro to the Dying Earth. The basics of the setting are covered and it sets the tone for the rest of the short stories.
  7. fantasyliterature.com

    The Dying Earth by Jack Vance. The Dying Earth is the first of Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth and contains six somewhat overlapping stories all set in the future when the sun is red and dim, much technology has been lost, and most of humanity has died out. Our planet is so unrecognizable that it might as well be another world, and evil has been "distilled" so that it's ...
  8. subterraneanpress.com

    "The Dying Earth…one of the most powerful fantasy/science fiction concepts in the history of the genre…The fragility and transience of all things, the nobility of humanity's struggle against the certainty of an entropic resolution, gives The Dying Earth a poignancy rare in novels of fantastic romance." —Dean Koontz

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