false 3689171 7 Jack Vance was a seminal figure to the development of modern fantasy, so much so that it's nearly impossible to imagine the genre as we know it today existing without him. In the course of his more than fifty-year career, he has published dozens of major novels, as well as collections filled with marvelously crafted stories, winning the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and several World Fantasy Awards, including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Vance's masterpiece, <i>The Dying Earth</i>, may be the most influential fantasy novel of the Twentieth Century, surpassed only by J.R.R. Tolkien's <i>Lord of the Rings</i> trilogy; it has not only inspired several generations of fantasy writers, from Gene Wolfe and Michael Moorcock to Neil Gaiman and George R. R. Martin, but its influence has reached deep into the realms of graphic novels, comics, fantasy role-playing games such as <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>, and even computer gaming. In <i>Songs of the Dying Earth</i>, we have called on one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever assembled&#8212;including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers&#8212;to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth's lifespan, where mighty wizards duel with spells of dreadful potency under a waning almost burnt out red sun, and adventurers and cutpurses strive to hoodwink and out-trick each other in haunted forests full of demons and monsters strange almost beyond comprehension. Vast and fecund, brawling and strange, the demon-haunted Dying Earth awaits to spread itself before you. Turn the page and enter. 3732607 book 2009 Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance total:11|5:8|4:2|3:1|2:0|1:0| 11 51 72 5 3689171 1596062134 9781596062139 11 5 4.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3689171.Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth_Stories_in_Honor_of_Jack_Vance 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 07 19:22:55 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 19:23:03 -0700 2009
Vance himself provides an introduction, and Dean Koontz provides an appreciation. But the heart and meat of the anthology ...more...]]> 3689171 1596062134 9781596062139 11 5 4.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3689171.Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth_Stories_in_Honor_of_Jack_Vance 5 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 05:39:31 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:55:46 -0700 2009 1 Jack Vance. The list of authors who have contributed to this tome reads like a who-is-who of today's top fantasy writers and I am delighted to hold this marvelous collection in my hands. As setting and style are predefined...more...]]> 3689171 1596062134 9781596062139 11 5 4.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3689171.Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth_Stories_in_Honor_of_Jack_Vance 0 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 14:08:21 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 14:09:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3689171 1596062134 9781596062139 11 5 4.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3689171.Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth_Stories_in_Honor_of_Jack_Vance 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 08:20:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:20:53 -0700 2009 3689171 1596062134 9781596062139 11 5 4.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3689171.Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth_Stories_in_Honor_of_Jack_Vance 5 0 false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 01:48:43 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:35:03 -0800 2009
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