Tales of the dying earth: The dying earth. The eyes of the Overworld. Cugel's saga. Rhialto the marvellous

Fantasy Masterworks Volume 4 Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is his 1964 novel, The Dying Earth , and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever. This omnibus volume comprised all four books in the series, The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga and Rialto the Magnificent . It is a must-read for every sf fan. About the Author Jack Vance is one of the greats of science fiction. He has been writing for more than 60 years, and in 1997 was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is the author of dozens of science fiction and fantasy novels, including the World Fantasy Award winning Lyonnesse series, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Last Castle . He lives in Oakland, California. The fourth in the Fantasy Masterworks series, the Dying Earth saga inspired writers like Michael Moorcock and Gene Wolfe, who freely acknowledges his debt to Vance in his own Book of the New Sun. Here, in one volume, is Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jack Vance’s classic Dying Earth saga comprising The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel’s Saga and Rhialto the Marvellous. Travel to a far distant future, when the sun bleeds red in a dark sky, where magic and science is one, and the Earth has but a few short decades to live . . . 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 Turjan sat in his workroom, legs sprawled out from the stool, back against and elbows on the bench. Vance's fantasy masterpiece, available for the first time in the UK as one volume.