Songs of the Dying Earth

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Songs of the Dying Earth
ISBN
1-59606-213-4

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance is a collection of short fiction and shorter essays composed in appreciation of the science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance, especially his Dying Earth series. Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, it was published in 2009 by Subterranean Press.[1]

Twenty-two authors contributed short fiction and an Afterword, about thirty pages on average. Fifteen of the stories are novelettes (7500 to 17,500 words), six are shorter, and The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderōz by Dan Simmons is a novella highlighted on the cover of the second U.S. edition.[2]

As of May 2012 there have been British (Harper) and American (Tor) hardcover and trade paperback editions, an American

Italian-language serialization.[1]

Contents

Each of the stories by 22 different authors is followed by that author's Afterword.

Stories, each with the author's Afterword

† One story without supporting material is available online from Tor Books, the publisher of later U.S. editions: Baker, "The Green Bird".

† One story with supporting material is available online from Subterranean Press, the first publisher: Shepard, "Sylgarmo's Proclamation".


A longer version of VanderMeer's story was published as a

WSFA Press, 2010).[3]
The occasion was Ann and
Capclave
as featured guests.

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Songs of the Dying Earth title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. ^ Songs of the Dying Earth (first Tor edition), 2010 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  3. ^ The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod. ISFDB. Retrieved 2012-06-06.

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