As well as being a genuine classic of modern epic fantasy, it is also the trademark work of acclaimed F&SF Grandmaster Jack Vance, one of the field’s most distinctive and beloved voices and one of its most influential master storytellers. On any list of all-time favorite fantasy and science fiction masterworks, The Dying Earth always earns a much deserved place. There is evil on Earth, evil distilled by time…Earth is dying and in its twilight…" In place of the old peoples a few thousand souls live. A million cities have lifted towers, have fallen to dust. Ages of rain and wind have beaten and rounded the granite, and the sun is feeble and red. "Once it was a tall world of cloudy mountains and bright rivers, and the sun was a white blazing ball. There is a limit of one copy per household on this title. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Tom Kidd
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