A review by artm
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance

5.0

This time around I liked the first book of the Dying Earth series so much better then the other two I've read so far. It's very poetic and the short stories work like impressionist brush strokes creating the dark world Jack Vance has invented. In the Cugel adventures the Dying Earth world becomes more like a crutch to tell about his mishaps while here the world is more like one of the characters.