Our latest Jack Vance collection, Wild Thyme, Green Magic is just out, selling very well, and drew very strong praise indeed from Publishers Weekly: “The ’spun-silver’ prose of fantasy grand master Vance (Lurulu) illuminates 12 delightful stories, some with intriguing afterwords by the author…this showcase follows Vance’s career from his very first publication, 1945’s ‘The World-Thinker,’ through 1961’s fast-paced novelette ‘The Augmented Agent’ and 1974’s Dying Earth story ‘The Seventeen Virgins’ to ‘Wild Thyme and Violets,’ the outline for an Italy-inspired gothic romance that reads like a surreal flash fiction novel and was first published in 2005. Most of the focus is on Vance’s work from the 1960s and 1970s, which ranges from dramatic fantasy (’Green Magic’) to classic science fiction parables (’Ullward’s Retreat’).”

Lettered Edition:

$300

Trade HC:

$40

Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 9:49 am.