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SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH: STORIES IN HONOR OF JACK VANCE.

Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

Includes TWO Signed & Illustrated plates by George Martin & Dan Simmons!

All New Fiction!

Appreciation by Dean Koontz.

New Novella by Dan Simmons.

AUTHORS FEATURED:  Jack Vance, Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverber, Mike Resnick, Kage Baker, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Tad Williams, Glen Cook, Walter Jon Williams, Paula Volsky, Jeff Vandermeer, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Moon, et el.

OVERVIEW; Today, in order to honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and GARDNER DOZOIS, with the full cooperation of Jack Vance, his family, and his agents, suggest a Jack Vance tribute anthology called Songs of the Dying Earth, to encourage the best of todays fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance s greatest novel.

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 ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that hed crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that hed gladly give up his right arm for the privilege thats the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers.

First Printing! New and sealed in an acid-free protective book cover upon publication, and then sealed in plastic for complete protection.

2009 Sub. Press hard cover, 668 pages. F/F. New.