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Author:	Jack Vance
Title:	The Dying Earth
Publisher:	Lancer
Country:	USA
Date:	1962
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	74-807
Total Editions:	4
Rating:	10.0 Rate
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ppint. 27th Aug 2018		lancer books mmpb first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition which was the hillman periodicals, inc. digest-format p/b (1950) first edition, q.v. cover art by ed emshwiller (signed with his usual signature "emsh", uncredited) cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. collection of six original stories, three short stories, two novelettes and a novella: this fantasy story cycle introduces the far future world of fable of the dying earth; the chief protagonist of each story is a minor character in the preceding story. near-identical second lancer books edition/printing 1969 drops the "limited edition" & circum-front cover art typography and adopts new cat# 74-547, but retains cover art and cover price. third lancer books edition/printing 9/1972 abstracts the figures from ed emshwiller's artwork, setting them upon a white ground and uses a totally redesigned typographical font and layout, as well as a new cat# 75373 cover price of 95¢.



ppint. 27th Aug 2018		the dying earth series (mirabile dictu!) #1: #1: "the dying earth" (hillman 1950) (lancer books 1962) (this story cycle) #2: "the eyes of the overworld" (1966), q.v. #3: "a quest for simbilis" by michael shea (1974), q.v.° #4: "cugel's saga" (1983), q.v. #5: "rhialto the marvellous" (1984), q.v. #6: "songs of the dying earth: stories in honour of jack vance"°° eds. george r. r. martin & gardner dozois (2009), q.v. ° - the michael shea novel was authorised by jack vance, who expressed mild surprise (and chuffédness) that anyone wanted to set a story in his old created world - or even remembered it, and also that it held no further interest for him, nor did he feel there were further stories he might wish to set there. . . - luckily for us, some time after reading shea's "a quest for simbilis", he changed his mind. . . °° - "songs of the dying earth" is an original anthology of seven short stories, fourteen novelettes and a novella by twenty-two fantasy authors invited to contribute by the two editors, with introduction by the dean r. koontz, and a preface by jack vance. it's a worthy addition to the dying earth canon - as well as having been a recognition jack vance could and did enjoy in his lifetime. (n.b. merkin editions lose the "u" from the sub-title.) a further dying earth story by michael shea has appeared, authorised by vance's estate: ''hew the tintmaster'' (novelette) ''swords & dark magic'' eds. jonathan strahan, lou anders (eos 2010), q.v. and jeff vandermeer extended his contribution to ''songs of the dying earth'' into: ''the three quests of the wizard sarnod'' (novelette) (wsfa press 2010), q.v.



ppint. 11th Sep 2024		dying earth series #1: see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Sep 2024		dying earth series #1: see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th May 2020		lancer books mmpb second printing cover art by ed emshwiller retained from first printing cover price 75¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc. see first lancer books mmpb edition for contents, series listing and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th Jun 2019		1985 granada publishing edition uses mayflower books' i(by then)sbn, 058312911, but imposes a panther books imprint (by end 1968 they owned both) upon it, as well as conferring new cover art by geoff taylor. 1986 wm. collins & sons' edition ignores previous imprints and puts its grafton name on it, retaining the mayflower books-originated (i)sbn and geoff taylor's cover art. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th Jun 2019		granada publishing group mayflower books first printing, first uk edition cover art by chris foss (uncredited, unsigned°, collected in ''hardware: the definitive sf works of chris foss'' (2011), q.v.) cover price 25p, 60c south africa, $2.50 singapore, 80c australia, 80c new zealand, 95c canada so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical second mayflower books printing 1972: cover price 30p, 75c south africa, $3.00 singapore, 95c australia, 95c new zealand, 95c canada so also should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea refer aso to indicia publishing history for presence/absence of line stating reprinted 1972 ° - some copies in either printing may bear chris foss' ''f in a line-drawn box'' monogram at bottom edge of cover art - un-guillotined off in production - but i'm unsure that i've ever seen such. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Aug 2018		pocket books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by greg hildebrandt, tim hildebrandt (unsigned, credited as the brothers hildebrandt (though credited to just "hildebrandt" in canadadian copies)) cover price $1.25 160pp including titles, indicia etc. refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed. no priority established nor liable to be. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Jack Vance - The Dying Earth - Mayflower - Paperback - UK - 583120911 (1972)

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Jack Vance - The Dying Earth - Pocket Books - Paperback - USA - 0671810928 (1977)

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Jack Vance - The Dying Earth - Lancer Books - Paperback - USA - 74547 (1969)