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Language English Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 1-59606-213-4 Page count 600 Country United States of America | 4/5 Goodreads Series Dying Earth tribute Pages 600 Originally published 2009 Publisher Subterranean Press Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Editors George R. R. Martin
Gardner Dozois Similar Works by George R R Martin, Dying Earth books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance is a collection of short fiction and shorter essays composed in appreciation of the science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance, especially his Dying Earth series. Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, it was published in 2009 by Subterranean Press.
Twenty-two authors contributed short fiction and an Afterword, about thirty pages on average. Fifteen of the stories are novelettes (7500 to 17,500 words), six are shorter, and The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderōz by Dan Simmons is a novella highlighted on the cover of the second U.S. edition.
As of May 2012 there have been British (Harper) and American (Tor) hardcover and trade paper editions, an American audio edition, and two numbers of an Italian-language serialization.
Contents
Each of the stories by 22 different authors is followed by that author's Afterword and the next story's title, illustration, and introduction. With padding that material consumes four or five pages.
† One story without supporting material is available online from Tor Books, the publisher of later U.S. editions: Baker, "The Green Bird".
† One story with supporting material is available online from Subterranean Press, the first publisher: Shepard, "Sylgarmo's Proclamation".
A longer version of VanderMeer's story was published as a chapbook in 500 signed and numbered copies, The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod (WSFA Press, 2010). The occasion was Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's appearance at 2010 Capclave as featured guests.