THE DYING EARTH.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Former publisher's copy with single sheet with name of Tim Underwood-DYING EARTH at top with errors/corrections listed on both sides. It starts with page 94 so there is likely another sheet which is not present here. "Cycle of stories set in a decadent far future when civilization has virtually disappeared and magic has reclaimed the world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-296a. "Little noticed at initial publication, this work launched a whole subgenre of fictional futures in which magic replaces science ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-185. The author's first book. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1162. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-345. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 70. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 11. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1066. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 441-46. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 665-70. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 168-69]. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear. (35552). Item #35552
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