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Title: Liane the Wayfarer Title Record # 57662
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1950-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Dying Earth
Webpages: drabblecast.org
Language: English
User Rating: 9.33 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: far future (1), fantasy (1), witches (1), tapestry (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1950 The Loom of Darkness
Year Language Title
1963ⓘTranslated by Laura Virgili
 Italian Lian il viandante
1974ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen, a pseudonym for Mark Carpentier Alting.
 Dutch Liane de zwerver
1978ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins.
 French Liane le voyageur
1978ⓘTranslated by Lore Straßl
 German Lian, der Wegelagerer
1981ⓘTranslated by Mark Carpentier Alting
 Dutch Liane de zwerver
1983ⓘTranslated by Agneta Sneibjerg
 Swedish Liane Vägfararen
1985ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
 German Dunkles Wirken
1988ⓘTranslated by Andreas Brandhorst
 German Liane der Wanderer
1992ⓘTranslated by Nemes István
 Hungarian Liane, a Kósza
2000ⓘTranslated by Paolo Bertetti
 Italian La trama delle tenebre
2015ⓘTranslated by Ĝan Ŭesli Starling and Orlando Hernández
 Esperanto Liejn la Vojiranto
2017ⓘTranslated by Александр Фет (Alexander Feht)
 Russian
Странник Лианэ?Strannik Liane
[as by
Джек Вэнс?Dzhek Vens
Jack Vance
]

Publications

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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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Realms of Wizardry 1976-00-00 ed. Lin Carter Doubleday 0-385-11393-5
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
[3]+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Aulicino Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance 1979-10-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-17-X
$15.00?$: US dollar
 xiv+
273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll George Barr Checkmark
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance 1979-10-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-18-8
$25.00?$: US dollar
 273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll George Barr  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Green Magic 1988-08-00 Jack Vance Tor 0-812-55702-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
273
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 Rodney Matthews Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-01-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-214216-X
£17.95?£: UK pound
 xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pete Lyon  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-03-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press, USA 0-19-214216-X
$25.00?$: US dollar
 xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pete Lyon Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 499
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.
 anth Pete Lyon Checkmark
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 Checkmark
My Favorite Fantasy Story 2000-08-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1161) 0-88677-905-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
 423
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.
 anth Les Edwards Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Mazirian the Magician 2002-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #1) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xxii+
499
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.
 anth  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-04-17 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-280382-4
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xxii+
499
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.
 anth Checkmark
My Favorite Fantasy Story 2004-07-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg ibooks 0-7434-8744-3
$11.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
423
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.
 anth Les Edwards  
The World Turned Upside Down 2005-01-00 ed. Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint Baen 0-7434-9874-7
$6.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The World Turned Upside Down 2005-01-00 ed. Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint Baen 0-7434-9874-7
$6.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The World Turned Upside Down 2005-01-00 ed. Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint Baen 0-7434-9874-7
$24.00?$: US dollar
 743
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tom Kidd Checkmark
The World Turned Upside Down 2005-02-00 ed. Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint Baen / SFBC 1168633
$13.99?$: US dollar
 743
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tom Kidd  
The World Turned Upside Down 2006-06-00 ed. Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint Baen 978-1-4165-2068-9
$15.00?$: 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.
 anth Tom Kidd Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$38.00?$: US dollar
 631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo  
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press / SFBC 1226398
$16.99?$: US dollar
 631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$300.00?$: US dollar
 633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$125.00?$: US dollar
 631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo  
The 1634: The Baltic War Disk 2007-05-00 uncredited Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 omni Checkmark
The 1634: The Baltic War Disk 2007-05-00 uncredited Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 omni Checkmark
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk 2007-07-00 uncredited Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 omni Checkmark
The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk 2008-03-00 uncredited Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #15)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 omni Checkmark
The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk 2010-10-00 uncredited Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #23)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 omni Checkmark
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  
Mazirian the Magician 2012-05-15 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #29) 978-1-61947-028-6
$5.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Li-An  
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 Checkmark
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  
The Drabblecast, #282 2013-05-07 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2013-12-05 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-647-2
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Gnemo  
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  
Swords Against Darkness 2017-07-25 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-486-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Rodrigo Ramos  
Swords Against Darkness 2017-07-25 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-485-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
 575
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.
 anth Rodrigo Ramos Checkmark
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy 2020-07-21 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-56387-7
$12.99?$: US dollar
 896
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Leonora Carrington Checkmark
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy 2020-07-21 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-56386-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
 xviii+
876
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.
 anth Leonora Carrington Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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