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Informationen zum Autor Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Klappentext This tribute anthology celebrates the work of SF/F legend Jack Vance, featuring original stories from George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Kage Baker, and Robert Silverberg, along with fifteen others--as well as an introduction by Dean Koontz. To honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, with the full cooperation of Vance, his family, and his agents, have created a Jack Vance tribute anthology: Songs of the Dying Earth . The best of today's fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege. That's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers. Each story includes an afterword by the author. Inhaltsverzeichnis "Thank you, Mr. Vance" by Dean R. Koontz "Preface" by Jack Vance "The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale" by Robert Silverberg "Grolion of Almery" by Matthew Hughes "The Copsy Door" by Terry Dowling "Caulk the Witch-chaser" by Liz Williams "Inescapable" by Mike Resnick "Abrizonde" by Walter Jon Williams "The Traditions of Karzh" by Paula Volsky "The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod" by Jeff VanderMeer "The Green Bird" by Kage Baker "The Last Golden Thread" by Phyllis Eisenstein "An Incident in Uskvosk" by Elizabeth Moon "Sylgarmo's Proclamation" by Lucius Shepard "The Lamentably Comical Tragedy (or The Laughingly Tragic Comedy) of Lixal Laqavee" by Tad Williams "Guyal the Curator" by John C. Wright "The Good Magician" by Glen Cook "The Return of the Fire Witch" by Elizabeth Hand "The Collegeum of Mauge" by Byron Tetrick "Evillo the Uncunning" by Tanith Lee "The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz" by Dan Simmons "Frogskin Cap" by Howard Waldrop "A Night at the Tarn House" by George R. R. Martin "An Invocation of Incuriosity" by Neil Gaiman ...
