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Book Reviews of Tales of the Dying Earth (aka The Compleat Dying Earth)

Tales of the Dying Earth (aka The Compleat Dying Earth)
Tales of the Dying Earth - aka The Compleat Dying Earth
Author: Jack Vance
ISBN-13: 9780312874568
ISBN-10: 0312874561
Publication Date: 12/1/2000
Pages: 752
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Orb Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Rotaidalg avatar reviewed Tales of the Dying Earth (aka The Compleat Dying Earth) on
Helpful Score: 3
Reads a lot like Norse mythology - stories of Loki and such. Protagonists - not heroes - not even likable protagonists!
In this "Dying Earth" Magic is real - it's all very grim.
Short vignettes and stories made it more readable till I got accustomed to the "style" and content of the book - definitely not a "hard-core" SF, Techno or Post-apocalyptic type of world - just very strange and quirky. It intrigued me enough to keep at it till the whole thing was completed.