Return to the unique and evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two brand-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble and red. A million cities have fallen to dust. Here live a few thousand souls, dying, as the Earth dies beneath them. Just a few short decades remain to the long history of our world. At the last, science and magic are one, and there is evil on Earth, distilled by time … Earth is dying. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time, Jack has agreed to open this intriguing and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. The list of twenty-two contributors eager to honour Jack Vance by writing for this anthology includes Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Hand, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, and George R.R. Martin himself.
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Return to the unique and evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two brand-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel.
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‘These new stories are surprisingly varied, and enjoyable on their own terms … A great big satisfying anthology.’ The Times ‘The Dying Earth is one of the best and most influential fantasy works of the twentieth century’ Terry Pratchett ‘The world that Vance created ranks with Tolkien’s Middle-earth and Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age as one of fantasy’s most unforgettable and influential settings.’ George R R Martin
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• Featuring short stories by some of the biggest names in fantasy fiction such as Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin. • Nominated for a British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology in 2010 • Including a preface by Jack Vance and an appreciation by Dean Koontz. • The Dying Earth has inspired several generations of fantasy novelists, and its influence extends to the realms of graphic novels, fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons and computer gaming. Competition: the;revenger;salvation;sequence;quantum;magician;elysium;fire;rosewater;interdependency;nights;dawn;commonwealth;saga. stephen;baxter;peter;f;hamilton;alastair;reynolds;tade;thompson;adrian;tchaikovsky;neal;asher;john;scalzi;iain;m;banks;frank;herbert;gareth;l;powell;cixin;liu;kim;stanley;robinson
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780007277490
Publisert
2011-09-29
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperVoyager
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
40 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
512

Biographical note

George R.R. Martin is the author of the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series and award-winning writer of books and screenplays.
Gardner Dozois is a science fiction writer and editor who has won a record fifteen Hugo Awards for his work. He was the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004.