Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance

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 today's 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 he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege that's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers.

• Author
• George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Hillary Pearlman, Tom Kidd, Elizabeth Hand, Matt Hughes, Tanith Lee, Elizabeth Moon, Mike Resnick, Lucius Shepard, Jeff VanderMeer, Paula Volsky, Howard Waldrop, Liz Williams, Walter Jon Williams, Tad Williams, John C. Wright, Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Kage Baker, Terry Dowling, Phyllis Eisenstein, Glen Cook, Dean Koontz, Jack Vance, Byron Tetrick

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 670

• Series
• The Dying Earth

• Publisher
• Subterranean Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781596062139

• Genres
• anthologies, fantasy, fiction

• Release date
• 2009