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First signed, limited edition of this significant tribute anthology, housed in its original slipcase and signed by George R. R. Martin, Jack Vance, Neil Gaiman, Dean Koontz, Dan Simmons, and other contributing authors. This ambitious collection honors science fiction and fantasy grandmaster Jack Vance through original stories set in his Dying Earth universe. The anthology assembles works by lauthors who were influenced by Vance's creation, including Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons (a new novella), Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, and Kage Baker. Dean Koontz contributed an appreciation, while Vance himself provided an introduction. 670 pages plus 8 signature sheets. First edition, first printing, published ahead of the trade edition. One of 500 copies signed and numbered by the contributors, from a total edition of 2000 copies (including 1474 unsigned hardcovers and 26 lettered copies). Fine in fine dust jacket, housed in a fine original slipcase. This copy, number 8, came from the lifetime Subterranean Press subscription collection of the late Tom Garner.

The Dying Earth is a collection of science fantasy short stories by the American author Jack Vance, published in 1950. The stories are interrelated and feature the world of the Dying Earth, a distant future Earth under a dying sun. The book has been highly influential in the fantasy and science fiction genres.