Mazirian the Magician-Jack Vance novel, book review
Mazirian the Magician-Jack Vance novel (author’s preferred title) AKA: The Dying Earth Tales of the Dying Earth, Book I Mazirian the Magician was written in 1944 and first published in 1950 as a novel titled The Dying Earth by Hillman Periodicals. The original paperback issue is 175 pages long. My other edition by Orb has 127 pages of text. The Dying Earth does not read like a novel but consists of six loosely related stories. In the Vance Integral Edition and the Spatterlight Press release the title of this novel was changed to the author’s preferred title, Mazirian the Magician, not to be confused with the 15 page chapter two of the novel which is also titled Mazirian the Magician. I’ve read Mazirian the Magician three times so far and rate it a 4 “Really liked it.” Although each "chapter" is really a story, some of the characters and themes continue from one story to another. Turjan is in the first story and then reappears as a hostage in Ma...