![]() ![]() At the time DnD was designed in the Seventies only two of the tetralogy were published, however, and this isn’t really a book of traditional fantasy in any sense. Gary Gygax adored Vance’s work and the magic system of the RPG draws heavily on the magicians within the Tales. I came to this book circuitously via my quest to read the books that the original DnD game was based on. So a wrong word and I’ll be checking under the car with mirrors on poles for the foreseeable future. The Godfather of modern gritty fantasy and HBO darling, George RR Martin, is a massive fan and put together an anthology in honour of the work. Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun (one of the genre’s standards) draws heavily on it. Being asked to review Jack Vance’s Tales of the Dying Earth is akin to a music journalist been given a Beatles album and asked what do they think? Vance’s seminal work is regarded with reverence in many esteemed quarters. ![]()
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