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Bokeshi
Apr 19, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy, owned-books
What can one possibly say about a book that almost singlehandedly defined an entire sub-genre of SF and fantasy? Jack Vance is a legendary author who needs no introduction, and this is his most quintessential work. Even though I prefer some of his other books more (e.g., Lyonesse or Planet of Adventure), the Dying Earth quartet is doubtless a masterpiece. It's whimsical, opulent and darkly magical, much like the world at the end of time in which these stories take place. People who don't have an ...more
Fred Dailey
Aug 06, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Vance crafts a series of tales that will both delight and disturb you. Earth at the end of days...Magic has returned... and Chun the Unavoidable.

Joe Kilmartin
Feb 17, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This is really witty, fun, reading - despite what some of the pedants hereabouts might have you think. Very much an earthy story of superscientific to the point of magic rascals making their way in the Earth's final days. Very much a celebration of life even though the protagonists are rather venal jerks. ...more
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