Liane the Wayfarer-Jack Vance chapter from the novel Mazirian the Magician
Liane the Wayfarer - Jack Vance chapter from the novel Mazirian the Magician AKA: Mazirian the Magician, chapter 4 The Dying Earth , Book I, chapter 4 Liane the Wanderer, misspelling The Loom of Darkness This is an 11/13 page chapter (#4) from the Jack Vance novel The Dying Earth. This novel is also known as Mazirian the Magician and Tales of the Dying Earth, Book II. It was first published in 1950 by Hillman Periodicals as part of the novel The Dying Earth. Later in December that same year Liane the Wayfarer appeared as an excerpt when it was issued as a short story in the magazine Worlds Beyond . In the magazine issue, however, it was given the title “The Loom of Darkness.” Some writers have stated that this work was first published in a magazine and later included in the novel but I have a copy of the 1950 Worlds Beyond (pages 117-128) and it clearly states that this work is an excerpt from the novel The Dying Earth. “One episode from Jack Vance’s asto...