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San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1976. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (27185). Octavo, illustrations by George Barr, illustrated cloth. One of 111 numbered copies signed by Vance and artist George Barr. "Little noticed at initial publication, this work launched a whole sub-genre of fictional futures in which magic replaces science..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-185. "...Vance was beginning to compose the kind of story that would eventually make him one of the two or three most deeply influential authors in the sf and fantasy genres after World War Two" - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-345. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 70. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A1i. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 11. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1066. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 441-46. Survey of Science Fiction…

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.

First edition copies published by Hillman Periodicals in 1950 are considered true first editions. Identification may require checking the publisher's name, publication year, and other distinguishing features such as dust jacket design and price.