Dying Earth, The-Jack Vance novel, book review
Dying Earth, The-Jack Vance novel AKA: Mazirian the Magician (author’s preferred title) Tales of the Dying Earth, Book I The Dying Earth was written in 1944 and first published in 1950 as a novel 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 The Dying Earth three times so far and rate it a 4 “Really liked it.” Although each "chapter" is really a story in itself, 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 Mazirian the Magician. ...