Tales of the Dying Earth

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Tales of the Dying Earth

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Jack Vance
Original title The Compleat Dying Earth
Cover artist Gerald Brom
Country United States
Language English
Series Dying Earth series
Genre(s) Fantasy Short stories
Publisher Science Fiction Book Club
Publication date 1999
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 741 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-7394-0110-6

Tales of the Dying Earth is an omnibus collection of the Dying Earth series books by Jack Vance. The collection was first published by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1999 with the title The Compleat Dying Earth. It has been reprinted with the title Tales of the Dying Earth by Tor Books in the US and by Orion Books in the UK as volume 4 of their Fantasy Masterworks series.

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  • The Dying Earth
    • "Turjan of Miir"
    • "Mazirian the Magician"
    • "T’sais"
    • "Liane the Wayfarer"
    • "Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream"
    • "Guyal of Sfere"
  • The Eyes of the Overworld
    • "The Overworld"
    • "Cil"
    • "The Mountains of Magnatz"
    • "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
    • "The Pilgrims"
    • "The Cave in the Forest"
    • "The Manse of Iucounu"
  • Cugel's Saga
  • Rhialto the Marvellous
    • Foreword
    • "The Murthe"
    • "Fader’s Waft"
    • "Morreion"

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