Turjan of Miir-Jack Vance excerpt from the novel Mazirian the Magician
Turjan of Miir - Jack Vance excerpt from the novel Mazirian the Magician AKA: Mazirian the Magician, chapter 1 The Dying Earth , chapter 1 Tales of the Dying Earth , Book I, chapter 1 Turjan of Miir is a 14 page chapter from the 1950 Jack Vance novel Mazirian the Magician, also known as The Dying Earth. It was first published as a chapter in the novel but has appeared on its own in at least one anthology. Turjan is a wizard on Earth who creates people in his workroom. But they turn out rather botched with "the thing all eyes", "the boneless creature with the pulsing surface of its brain exposed", the "body whose intestines trailed out", etc. He learns that another wizard is a master of creating people. His name is Pandelume , but he lives on the planet Embeylon . The location of Embeylon is unknown but Turjan figures out how to transport himself to that planet using magic. Once he arrives he is attacked by a young woman on a horse who wie...