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American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
Jack Vance's 1964 novel, The Dying Earth, and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever. This omnibus volume comprised all four books in the series: "The Dying Earth" "The Eyes of the Overworld" "Cugel's Saga" "Rialto the Marvellous"
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Epic, cool, richly built and plot-driven.
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On Open Library, 6 have read it and 13 want to.
“Turjan sat in his workroom, legs sprawled out from the stool, back against and elbows on the bench.”
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
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