Vance's Dying Earth has influenced at least half of the fantasy authors I have read and was a large part of the inspiration for the original magic system for D&D. Listing the authors that participated in this volume would simply be a list of the best and brightest of today's top fantasy authors.

This volume is a tribute to the man and his incredible imagination. In his preface he includes C.L. Moore and Robert Chambers as two of his biggest influences. The stories all have a synopsis and an acknowledgement of the works by the writer and at the end a brief comment on how and where they found Vance's works.

The Idea that magic will return when the Earth is at its end was genius. The stories are about survival and attempting to circumvent the limits of sorcery. Of the twenty-two stories in the volume my favorites have to be Kage Baker's "The Green Bird" and Neil Gaiman's An Invocation of Incuriosity". Both are fine examples of a magus pushing the limits of magic and achieving success beyond expectation.

Quit waiting and run, don't walk to buy this volume. ~~ Bob LaPierre