Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1950
Type: COLLECTION
Series: Dying Earth
Series Number: 1
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dying_Earth
ISFDB Record Number: 2032
Note: Slightly connected series of stories:
- Turjan of Miir shortstory
- Mazirian the Magician novelette
- T'sais novelette
- Liane the Wayfarer shortstory (aka The Loom of Darkness)
- Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream novelette (aka Ulan Dhor)
- Guyal of Sfere novella
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Variant Titles:
- Il Crepuscolo della Terra [Italian] (1963) - Jack Vance
- De Stervende Aarde [Dutch] (1974) - Jack Vance
- Un monde magique [French] (1978) - Jack Vance
- La terra morente [Italian] (1994) - Jack Vance
- Mazirian the Magician (2002) - Jack Vance
Awards:
- 1987 Locus Poll Award - All-Time Best Fantasy Novel (Place: 16)
- 2001 Retro Hugo Award - Novel (Nomination)
Publications:
- The Dying Earth, (1950, Jack Vance, publ. Hillman, #41, $0.25, 176pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1962, Jack Vance, publ. Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library), #74-807, $0.75, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ed Emsh - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi del Cosmo #127, (Jul 1963, ed. Franco Urbini, publ. Milano: Ponzoni, #127, 150 Lit, 144pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Luigi Garonzi - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1969, Jack Vance, publ. Lancer Books, #74-547, $0.75, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ed Emshwiller - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1972, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12091-1, £0.30, 140pp, pb, coll) Cover: Chris Foss - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Apr 1972, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12091-1, £0.25, 140pp, pb, coll) Cover: Chris Foss - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Sep 1972, Jack Vance, publ. Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library), #447-75373-095, $0.95, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ed Emshwiller - [VERIFIED]
- De Stervende Aarde & Het Laatste Kasteel, (1974, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #74), 90-290-0238-7, 262pp, pb, omni) Cover: C. G. A. Bruynel - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Sep 1976, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, $15.95, 222pp, hc, coll) Cover: George Barr - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Mar 1977, Jack Vance, publ. Pocket Books, 0-671-81092-8, $1.25, 156pp, pb, coll) Cover: The Brothers Hildebrandt
- The Dying Earth, (Mar 1977, Jack Vance, publ. Pocket Books, 0-671-81092-8, C$1.25, 156pp, pb, coll) Cover: Hildebrandt - [VERIFIED]
- Un Monde Magique, (May 1978, Jack Vance, publ. J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #836), 2-277-11836-2, 188pp, pb) Cover: Philippe Druillet - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Nov 1979, Jack Vance, publ. Pocket Books, 0-671-83152-6, C$1.95, 156pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Nov 1979, Jack Vance, publ. Pocket Books, 0-671-83152-6, $1.75, 156pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1981, Jack Vance, publ. Granada, 0-583-12091-1, £1.25, 159pp, pb, coll) Cover: Chris Foss
- The Dying Earth, (Apr 1982, Jack Vance, publ. Timescape / Pocket Books, 0-671-44184-1, $2.25, 156pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1985, Jack Vance, publ. Panther / Granada, 0-583-12091-1, £1.95, 159pp, pb, coll) Cover: Geoff Taylor
- The Dying Earth, (Apr 1986, Jack Vance, publ. Baen, 0-671-65564-7, $2.95, 220pp, pb, coll) Cover: Victoria Poyser
- De Stervende Aarde, (Feb 1987, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #234), 90-290-2320-1, 186pp, tp, coll) Cover: Kay Nielsen
- The Dying Earth, (1994, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-88733-192-0, $60.00, 186pp, hc, coll) Cover: George Barr - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (1994, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-88733-192-0, $160.00, 186pp, hc, coll) Cover: George Barr - [VERIFIED]
- La terra morente, (May 1994, Jack Vance, publ. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #138), 88-429-0766-9, 20,000 Lit, xviii+390pp, tp, omni) Cover: Jim Burns
- De Stervende Aarde, (Oct 1994, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (*M), 90-290-4723-2, 186pp, tp, coll) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- The Compleat Dying Earth, (Feb 1999, Jack Vance, publ. Science Fiction Book Club, 0-7394-0110-6, $15.98, 741pp, hc, omni) Cover: Gerald Brom - [VERIFIED]
- Tales of the Dying Earth, (Apr 2000, Jack Vance, publ. Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #4), 1-85798-994-5, £7.99, 741pp, tp, omni) Cover: Geoff Taylor - [VERIFIED]
- Tales of the Dying Earth, (Nov 2000, Jack Vance, publ. Orb, 0-312-87456-1, $17.95, 741pp, tp, omni) Cover: John Berkey - [VERIFIED]
- Mazirian the Magician, (2002, Jack Vance, publ. Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #1), 0-9712375-1-4, [viii]+192pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Un monde magique, (Feb 2003, Jack Vance, publ. J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #836), 2-290-33282-8, 188pp, pb) Cover: Arnaud Crémet - [VERIFIED]
- The Dying Earth, (Feb 2010, Jack Vance, publ. Brilliance Audio, 978-1-4418-1455-5, $29.99, audio CD, coll)
- The Dying Earth, (Feb 2010, Jack Vance, publ. Brilliance Audio, 978-1-4418-1457-9, $24.99, audio MP3 CD, coll)
- Tales of the Dying Earth, (date unknown, Jack Vance, publ. Orb, 0-312-87456-1, $18.95, 741pp, tp, omni) Cover: John Berkey - [VERIFIED]
- Tales of the Dying Earth, (date unknown, Jack Vance, publ. Orb, 0-312-87456-1, $17.95, 741pp, tp, omni) Cover: John Berkey - [VERIFIED]
- Tales of the Dying Earth, (date unknown, Jack Vance, publ. Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #4), 1-85798-994-5, £9.99, 741pp, tp, omni) Cover: Geoff Taylor - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by William Atheling, Jr. (1952) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
- The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1967)
- The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1969)
- The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1974)
- The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1974)
- Review by Robert E. Briney (1961) in Amra V2n18, December 29, 1961 , reprinted in:
- The Conan Grimoire, (1972)
- The Conan Grimoire, (1974)
- The Spell of Conan, (1980)
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1963) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, March 1963
- Review by Richard Grose (1970) in Sword & Fantasy, #9 September 2008, (2008)
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970
- Review by Frederick Patten (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, December 1976
- Review by Jonathan Bacon (1977) in Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1980) in Science Fiction Review, February 1980
- Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1980
- Review by Mary Gentle (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 5
- Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1988)
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1989)
- Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1991) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books
- Review by Mike Resnick (1997) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1997
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