![]() Written over a period of thirty-four years, these books (themselves collections of short stories or episodes) are nevertheless fairly cohesive in style and readability. ![]() Tales of the Dying Earth collects all four of the principal Dying Earth books: The Dying Earth (1950), The Eyes of the Overworld (1964), Cugel's Saga (1983) and Rhialto the Marvellous (1984). His stories are tales of humour, tragedy and whimsy set at the end of human history, and are among the most distinctive tales in fantasy fiction. Jack Vance's Dying Earth series is set in the distant, remote future when technology and magic have become entwined. "These are tales of the 21st Aeon, when the Earth is old and the Sun is about to go out."From one classic of the genre to another. ![]()
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