Bagful of Dreams, The-Jack Vance novelette, later as a subchapter of novel
Bagful of Dreams , The- Jack Vance novelette, later as a subchapter of novel AKA: Cugel’s Saga Chapter V, part 2 Cugel : the Skybreak Spatterlight Chapter V, subchapter 2 Tales of the Dying Earth , Book III Chapter V, subchapter 2 The Bagful of Dreams was first published as a 26/27/30 page novelette in May 1977 as part an anthology titled Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians. (In the Spatterlight Press release Cugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight it is 30 pages long. The Bagful of Dreams placed tenth in 1978 for the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction. It was published a number of times in anthologies and collections since then including The Jack Vance Treasury by Subterranean Press. In 1983 it was included as part of the Vance novel Cugel's Saga, Chapter V, subchapter 2. A Bagful of Dreams is an amazing story that is most frequently encountered as part of the novel Cugel's Saga rather than as a stand-alone novelette. In this story we fi...