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A collection of stories by Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kage Baker, and many others. Dean Koontz contributed an appreciation and Jack Vance himself wrote an introduction. There were 1474 unsigned hardcovers, 500 signed and numbered books in a slipcase, and 26 signed and lettered copies in a traycase. This is one of 500 in a slipcase. 670 pages plus 8 signature sheets. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Slipcase fine. This is copy 8 of 500 signed by George R. R. Martin, Jack Vance, Neil Gaiman, Dean Koontz, Dan Simmons, Kage Baker, Howard Waldrop, and others.

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.