Overworld, The-Jack Vance novelette, later as a chapter of a novel
Overworld , The- Jack Vance novelette, later as a chapter of a novel AKA: Cugel the Clever , chapter I The Eyes of the Overworld , chapter I Tales of the Dying Earth, Book I, chapter I The Overworld is a 25/31 page novelette that was first published in December, 1965 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 1966 it was published by Ace Books as part one of the novel The Eyes of the Overworld. The title The Eyes of the Overworld was changed to Cugel the Clever in the Vance Integral Edition and in the currently available Spatterlight paperback release. The Overworld has also appeared several times by itself in various collections. (see below.) It can be read as part of the novel or as a stand-alone story by itself. I prefer to read it as part of the novel. In the story The Overworld we encounter Cugel at a fair where he has a booth and tries to sell talismans he made himself to unsuspecting customers. Another seller, Fianosther, offers b...