Jack Vance

A first-time compilation of a classic science fiction series gathers all four books of The Dying Earth series--The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, and Rialto the Magnificent--in which Earth, in the distant future, tries to survive the approaching death of its red sun. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Including 'The Dying Earth,' 'The Eyes of the Overworld,' 'Cugel's Saga,' and 'Rhialto the Marvellous'

Tales of the Dying Earth

The Elder Isles, located in what is now the Bay of Biscay off the the coast of Old Gaul, are made up of ten contending kingdoms, all vying with each other for control. At the centre of much of the intrigue is Casmir, the ruthless and ambitious king of Lyonnesse. His beautiful but otherworldly daughter, Suldrun, is part of his plans. He intends to cement an alliance or two by marrying her well. But Suldrun is as determined as he and defies him. Casmir coldly confines her to the overgrown garden that she loves to frequent, and it is here that meets her love and her tragedy unfolds. Political intrigue, magic, war, adventure and romance are interwoven in a rich and sweeping tale set in a brilliantly realized fabled land.

Suldrun's Garden

Lyonesse

A young man, exiled from his planet, seeks to discover the truth about a legendary hero.

Emphyrio

The Star King

A romantic tale follows a space swashbuckler and conman as he travels from world to world, plying his trade, drinking in wild bars, and flirting with women

Ports of Call

Tschai I

Chasch

Edwer Thissell has to conduct a murder investigation on a planet where everyone wears masks and plays complicated musical instruments to denote their social status.

The Moon Moth

The Palace of Love

La musique, dit-on, est universelle... C'est pour s'en assurer que Dame Isabel Grayce décide un beau jour, accompagnée d'une troupe d'opéra au grand complet, de quitter la Terre à bord du Phébus afin d'offrir aux multiples races extraterrestres de la Galaxie les ivresses de la Grande Musique. Objectif ultime : la planète Rlaru, dont la réputation mélomane a traversé le vide interstellaire. Mais la musique n'adoucit pas forcément les mœurs, et les performances de la compagnie, au fil de son voyage à travers les mondes, vont rarement rencontrer l'accueil espéré. Entre des extraterrestres passablement récalcitrants, guère sensibles aux sirènes artistiques, et les divagations romantiques de Roger, le neveu de Dame Isabel, et du capitaine d'un vaisseau bientôt fantôme, l'odyssée du Phébus pourrait bien prendre des airs de Crépuscule des Dieux ! Jack Vance nous offre ici un petit bijou de space opera humoristique, où la Musique des Sphères est à la portée du canon d'un chœur d'opéra !

Space Opera

The Languages of Pao

The Definitive Edition Of The  Hugo - Award Winning Novel

The Dragon Masters

The Demon Princes

Araminta Station

Pauvre Cugel ! Alors qu'il pensait tenir sa revanche sur Iucounu, le Magicien Rieur, le voilà renvoyé de l'autre côté de l'océan des Soupirs. Pour retourner en Almery et enfin se venger, Cugel se lance donc dans un nouveau périple foisonnant de dangers et de créatures farfelues... Encore une fois, il lui faut user de stratagèmes et de cette diplomatie sans scrupule qui lui ont tant de fois permis de se sortir de situations compromettantes... Mais si la chance sourit aux audacieux, il semble bien que le pire menace toujours les filous. Et l'atout dont il dispose, cet objet magique et puissant qu'Iucounu convoite par-dessus tout, ne sera sans doute pas de trop pour l'aider à triompher de son perfide ennemi...

Cugel Saga

Together for the first time in one omnibus edition--City of the Chasch, Servants of the Wankh, The Dirdir, and The Pnume. Award-winning author Vance's exotic and complex world is filled with baroque landscapes, dastardly villains and warring aliens--all served up with grace and wonder.

Planet of Adventure

The Elder Isles - an ancient land where chivalry and the realm of fairie exist side by side. A land of mystery, strange beauty, high adventure and arcane magic. Kings are at war, opposing magicians devise ever more cunning stratagems. It is a land where princesses and changelings both can become embroiled in political rivalries and the quest for the grail. The Gollancz Black Books have proved to be an immensely successful formula for getting well loved stories into the hands of people who also love well made books. Jack Vance's Complete Lyonesse is a perfect addition to the series and contains Madouc the novel for which Vance won the World Fantasy Award.

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