Actual title Mazirian the Magician. Cover art by Geoff Taylor. Another cover: George Barr, Underwood-Miller, 1976.
Retro Hugo Award novel nomination 2001.
Contents:
- Turjan of Miir (1950)
- Mazirian the Magician (1950)
- T'Sais (1950)
- Liane the Wayfarer (1950)
- Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream (1950)
- Guyal of Sfere (1950)
Many eons from now, our Sun has dwindled to a cold red star. Soon it
must flicker out... yet still men and women live, and love, and seek
what adventure their strange world holds. And that is plenty – for on
this ancient Earth the laws of physics weaken, and magic has returned
to its own. Enchantment rules, from the Iron Mountains to the dreaming
city of Kaiin.
Meet T'sais the sorceress, Turjan the scientist, and Liane the
rogue. Journey with them through dim forests and ancient
seabeds – across the mystical landscape of The Dying Earth.
The series
The stories of the Dying Earth series are set in the distant future, at a point when the sun is almost exhausted and magic has reasserted itself as a dominant force. The various civilizations of Earth have collapsed for the most part into decadence. The Earth is mostly barren and cold, and has become infested with various predatory monsters (possibly created by a magician in a former age).
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The Moon has disappeared and the Sun is in danger of burning out at any time. A certain fatalism characterizes many of the inhabitants as a consequence.
The series shows the influence of the picaresque tale, applied to a science fiction/fantasy setting.
#1 · 1950The Dying Earth 
#2 · 1966The Eyes of the Overworld 
#3 · 1983Cugel's Saga 
#4 · 1984Rhialto the Marvellous 
1974A Quest for Simbilis 
1979Morreion 
1979The Seventeen Virgins 
1979The Bagful of Dreams 
1999Tales of the Dying Earth 
2005The Laughing Magician: The Adventures of Cugel 
2009Songs of the Dying Earth 
2013The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz Be the first reviewer
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