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Just found this on the BFS site. ordered mine but too late for the Ltd editon it would have been nice to have the signed one but least I will have the book.
Songs of the Dying Earth
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois(preorder — to be published in August 2009)
Illustrated by Tom Kidd.
Lettered: (sold out) Limited:(sold out)
Trade: $40
ISBN: 978-1-59606-213-9
Jack Vance was a seminal figure in the development of modern fantasy, so much so that it’s nearly impossible to imagine the genre as we know it today existing without him. In the course of his more than fifty-year career, he has published dozens of major novels, as well as collections filled with marvelously crafted stories, winning the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and several World Fantasy Awards, including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Vance’s masterpiece, The Dying Earth, may be the most influential fantasy novel of the Twentieth Century, surpassed only by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy; it has not only inspired several generations of fantasy writers, from Gene Wolfe and Michael Moorcock to Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin, but its influence has reached deep into the realms of graphic novels, comics, fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, and even computer gaming.
In Songs of the Dying Earth, we have called on one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever assembled—including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers—to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth’s lifespan, where mighty wizards duel with spells of dreadful potency under a waning and almost burnt-out red sun, and adventurers and cutpurses strive to hoodwink and out-trick each other in haunted forests full of demons and monsters strange almost beyond comprehension.
The Limited and Lettered Editions of Songs of the Dying Earth will be printed on 80# Finch, housed in a custom slipcase or traycase, as appropriate. The trade edition will be printed on 60# Natural paper.
Each of the stories in the Subterranean Press edition of Songs of the Dying Earth will feature an original pen-and-ink illustration by Tom Kidd, who has also provided the glorious cover art.
In addition, the SubPress edition will precede the U.S. trade hardcover by six months.
Late News: Jack Vance has turned in an original preface for Songs of the Dying Earth, which will make this book even more dear to those who revere his work. In addition, Dean Koontz will be contributing an appreciation and signing the limited edition.
Songs of Dying Earth will be limited to three unique editions:
Lettered: 26 signed copies, housed in a custom traycase
Limited: 500 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase
Trade: 1474 unsigned cloth bound hardcovers
Authors — stories in hand:
Songs of the Dying Earth
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois(preorder — to be published in August 2009)
Illustrated by Tom Kidd.
Lettered: (sold out) Limited:(sold out)
Trade: $40
ISBN: 978-1-59606-213-9
Jack Vance was a seminal figure in the development of modern fantasy, so much so that it’s nearly impossible to imagine the genre as we know it today existing without him. In the course of his more than fifty-year career, he has published dozens of major novels, as well as collections filled with marvelously crafted stories, winning the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and several World Fantasy Awards, including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Vance’s masterpiece, The Dying Earth, may be the most influential fantasy novel of the Twentieth Century, surpassed only by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy; it has not only inspired several generations of fantasy writers, from Gene Wolfe and Michael Moorcock to Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin, but its influence has reached deep into the realms of graphic novels, comics, fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, and even computer gaming.
In Songs of the Dying Earth, we have called on one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever assembled—including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers—to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth’s lifespan, where mighty wizards duel with spells of dreadful potency under a waning and almost burnt-out red sun, and adventurers and cutpurses strive to hoodwink and out-trick each other in haunted forests full of demons and monsters strange almost beyond comprehension.
The Limited and Lettered Editions of Songs of the Dying Earth will be printed on 80# Finch, housed in a custom slipcase or traycase, as appropriate. The trade edition will be printed on 60# Natural paper.
Each of the stories in the Subterranean Press edition of Songs of the Dying Earth will feature an original pen-and-ink illustration by Tom Kidd, who has also provided the glorious cover art.
In addition, the SubPress edition will precede the U.S. trade hardcover by six months.
Late News: Jack Vance has turned in an original preface for Songs of the Dying Earth, which will make this book even more dear to those who revere his work. In addition, Dean Koontz will be contributing an appreciation and signing the limited edition.
Songs of Dying Earth will be limited to three unique editions:
Lettered: 26 signed copies, housed in a custom traycase
Limited: 500 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase
Trade: 1474 unsigned cloth bound hardcovers
Authors — stories in hand:
- Dan Simmons
- Robert Silverberg
- Kage Baker
- Terry Dowling
- Phyllis Eisenstein
- Glen Cook
- Neil Gaiman
- Elizabeth Hand
- Matt Hughes
- Tanith Lee
- George R. R. Martin
- Elizabeth Moon
- Mike Resnick
- Lucius Shepard
- Jeff Vandermeer
- Paula Volsky
- Howard Waldrop
- Liz Williams
- Walter Jon Williams
- Tad Williams
- John C. Wright
