Jack Vance is one of the brightest representatives of American science fiction of the 20th century, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards for his “overall contribution to the development of the genre.” Jack Vance’s talent is surprisingly multifaceted, because he was equally penned subject to “classical” fiction, “adventure” fiction, fantasy in all its possible manifestations - and the most incredible, but always successful hybrids of the above genres. Here are the TWO MOST FAMOUS SAGAS of Jack Vance: “Lionesse” and “The Dying Earth”!!! Action The Lyonesse series, which won the award for the world's best work of fantasy, takes place in a magical world, reminiscent of a Celtic one, now submerged under the waves of the ocean in what is now the Bay of Biscay. 10 kingdoms fight each other for supremacy in this world... The stunningly imaginative and fascinating saga “The Dying Earth” is a kind of “quintessence” of the author’s creative “style and handwriting”. A saga about the decadent decline of civilization, seen from an outsider's perspective that science, to this eye, seems like magic. A saga about a planet that only has a few decades left to live. A saga about those who yearn for the coming death of the Earth, and about those who are waiting for this death. Before you are series that influenced the work of the most brilliant writers of world science fiction, including Dan Simmons’ “Hyperion”. Do you want to know WHY ?Read - and find out for yourself! But that's not all!!! The same edition also includes the stellar anthology “Songs of the Dying Earth”, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, which brings together stories set in the world of the “Dying Earth” Earth" by Jack Vance. The anthology includes stories by 22 writers, including Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, Jeff Vandermeer, Tanith Lee, Howard Waldrop, Glen Cook, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Moon, Lucius Shepard, Mike Resnick , Matthew Hughes. Volume I of a three-volume edition of the author's selected works. Contents: LIONESS (series): The Garden of Princess Suldrun The Green Pearl Maduk THE DYING EARTH (series): The Dying Earth The Eyes of Another World The Saga of Kugel Rialto the Magnificent SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH (stories by other writers): Thank you Mr. Vance Preface The True Wine of Erzuin TeilaG Olion from AlmeriThe Door of KopsiKolk, Witch HunterThe InevitableAbrizondeThe Traditions of KarjThe Last Order of SarnodThe Green BirdThe Last Golden ThreadThe Incident of UskvoskThe Manifesto of SilgarmoA Sad Comic TragedyGuyal the GuardianThe Good WizardReturn of the Fire WitchCollegium of MagicEvillo the IngenuousThe Pointing Nose of Ulfent BanderoozHat of La gooseberry skinNight at the hotel "By the Lake"Curiosity blocker