Songs Of The Dying Earth

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Return to the unique & evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two br&-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble & red. A million cities have fallen to dust. Here live a few thousand souls, dying, as the Earth dies beneath them. Just a few short decades remain to the long history of our world. At the last, science & magic are one, & there is evil on Earth, distilled by time! Earth is dying. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, & fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time, Jack has agreed to open this intriguing & darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. The list of twenty-two contributors eager to honour Jack Vance by writing for this anthology

Includes:: Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Elizabeth H&, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, & George R.R. Martin himself.