Title: The Dying Earth Title Record # 2032
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1950-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: Dying Earth
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English User Rating: 9.00 (12 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: dying earth (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), fantasy (1), far future (1), wizards (1), Appendix N (1), 1950 (1), science fantasy (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles

Translations

Year Title 2002 Mazirian the Magician

Year Language Title 1963ⓘTranslated by Laura Virgili Italian Il Crepuscolo della Terra 1973ⓘTranslated by Francisco Bittencourt Portuguese A Agonia da Terra 1974ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen Dutch De stervende aarde 1978ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins. This French translation is presented as a novel, not a collection. Revised in 2010 by Sébastien Guillot French Un monde magique 1978ⓘTranslated by Lore Strassl German Die sterbende Erde 1981ⓘTranslated by Mark Carpentier Alting Dutch De stervende aarde 1983ⓘTranslated by Agneta Sneibjerg Swedish Den döende jorden 1992ⓘTranslated by Nemes István Hungarian Haldokló Föld 1994ⓘTranslated by Gianluigi Zuddas "Fix-up Novel" version of the "La terra morente" collection. Italian La terra morente 2015ⓘTranslated by Ĝan Ŭesli Starling and Orlando Hernández Includes a dictionary to help beginners. Esperanto Mazirien la Magiisto 2017ⓘTranslated by Александр Фет (Alexander Feht) Russian Волшебник Мазириан и другие повести?Volshebnik Mazirian i drugie povesti [as by Джек Вэнс?Dzhek Vens Jack Vance ] 2022ⓘTranslated by Gabriela Camargo Portuguese Contos de Dying Earth

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
16	1987 Locus	All-Time Best Fantasy Novel
5	2001 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

Not displaying variants or translations • Display all variants and translations • Do not display translations

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Dying Earth	1950-00-00	Jack Vance	Hillman Periodicals, Inc.	41	$0.25?$: US dollar	176	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Dying Earth	1962-00-00	Jack Vance	Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library)	74-807	$0.75?$: US dollar	160	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Emsh
The Dying Earth	1969-00-00	Jack Vance	Lancer Books	74-547	$0.75?$: US dollar	160	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Emshwiller
The Dying Earth	1972-04-00	Jack Vance	Mayflower	0-583-12091-1	£0.25?£: UK pound	140	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Dying Earth	1972-06-00	Jack Vance	Mayflower	0-583-12091-1	£0.30?£: UK pound	140	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Dying Earth	1972-09-00	Jack Vance	Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library)	75373	$0.95?$: US dollar	160	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Emshwiller
The Dying Earth	1976-09-00	Jack Vance	Underwood-Miller		$15.95?$: US dollar	222	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Barr
The Dying Earth	1977-03-00	Jack Vance	Pocket Books	0-671-81092-8	$1.25?$: US dollar	156	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	The Brothers Hildebrandt
The Dying Earth	1977-03-00	Jack Vance	Pocket Books	0-671-81092-8	C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar	156	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Hildebrandt
The Dying Earth	1979-11-00	Jack Vance	Pocket Books	0-671-83152-6	C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar	156	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Dying Earth	1979-11-00	Jack Vance	Pocket Books	0-671-83152-6	$1.75?$: US dollar	156	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Dying Earth	1981-00-00	Jack Vance	Granada	0-583-12091-1	£1.25?£: UK pound	159	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Dying Earth	1982-04-00	Jack Vance	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-44184-1	$2.25?$: US dollar	156	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Dying Earth	1985-00-00	Jack Vance	Panther / Granada	0-583-12091-1	£1.95?£: UK pound	159	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Geoff Taylor
The Dying Earth	1986-00-00	Jack Vance	Grafton	0-583-12091-1	£1.95?£: UK pound	159	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Geoff Taylor
The Dying Earth	1986-04-00	Jack Vance	Baen Books	0-671-65564-7	$2.95?$: US dollar	220	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Victoria Poyser
The Dying Earth	1994-00-00	Jack Vance	Underwood-Miller	0-88733-192-0	$60.00?$: US dollar	186	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Barr
The Dying Earth	1994-00-00	Jack Vance	Underwood-Miller	0-88733-192-0	$160.00?$: US dollar	186	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Barr
The Compleat Dying Earth	1999-02-00	Jack Vance	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-0110-6 / 019620	$15.98?$: US dollar	741	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Gerald Brom
Tales of the Dying Earth	2000-04-00	Jack Vance	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #4)	1-85798-994-5	£7.99?£: UK pound	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Geoff Taylor
Tales of the Dying Earth	2000-11-00	Jack Vance	Orb	0-312-87456-1	$17.95?$: US dollar	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Berkey
Tales of the Dying Earth	2002-00-00	Jack Vance	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #4)	1-85798-994-5	£8.99?£: UK pound	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Geoff Taylor
The Dying Earth	2010-02-00	Jack Vance	Brilliance Audio	978-1-4418-1455-5	$29.99?$: US dollar		audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
The Dying Earth	2010-02-00	Jack Vance	Brilliance Audio	978-1-4418-1457-9	$24.99?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	coll
The Dying Earth	2010-02-15	Jack Vance	Brilliance Audio				digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Dying Earth	2011-09-29	Jack Vance	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10948-3	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Dying Earth	2013-00-00	Jack Vance	Subterranean Press		$275.00?$: US dollar	155	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tom Kidd
The Dying Earth	2013-00-00	Jack Vance	Subterranean Press		$750.00?$: US dollar	155	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tom Kidd
Tales of the Dying Earth	2016-03-00	Jack Vance	Orb	978-0-7653-9189-6	$23.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	John Berkey
Tales of the Dying Earth	date unknown	Jack Vance	Orb	0-312-87456-1	$18.95?$: US dollar	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Berkey
Tales of the Dying Earth	date unknown	Jack Vance	Orb	0-312-87456-1	$17.95?$: US dollar	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Berkey
Tales of the Dying Earth	date unknown	Jack Vance	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #4)	1-85798-994-5	£9.99?£: UK pound	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Geoff Taylor
Tales of the Dying Earth	date unknown	Jack Vance	Orb	978-0-312-87456-8	$17.95?$: US dollar	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Berkey
Tales of the Dying Earth	date unknown	Jack Vance	Orb	978-0-312-87456-8	$19.95?$: US dollar	741	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Berkey

View all covers for The Dying Earth (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)

Reviews

• Review by Robert E. Briney [as by Bob Briney] (1951) in Destiny, #4 & 5 Summer-Fall 1951, (1951) , reprinted in:
•     [as by Bob Briney] Destiny, V1n1-V1n6, Spring 1950-Winter 1951 (2018)
• Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1952) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] 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 (1969) in Return to Wonder, #7 November-December 1969
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970
• Review by Richard Grose (1970) in Sword & Fantasy, #9 September 2008, (2008)
• Review by Richard E. Geis (1973) in The Alien Critic, May 1973
• Review by Fred Patten [as by Frederick Patten] (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, December 1976
• Review by Jonathan Bacon (1977) in Fantasy Crossroads, 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 C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson] (1982) in Dragon Magazine, August 1982
• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 455 - 723)
• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 455 - 723)
• 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 (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
•     Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
•     Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
•     Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
• Review by Mike Resnick (1997) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1997
• Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2009) in 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels