Essays

Thank You, Mr. Vance

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Deluxe Trade Hardcover)

Release Date: July 22, 2009
Copyright: ©2009 by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Illustrated by Tom Kidd
Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Page Count: 670
Appears on page(s): 11-14
ISBN-13: 978-1-59606-213-9
Cover Price: $40.00
States: "FIRST EDITION"
1474 unsigned cloth bound hardcovers

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Limited Edition)

Release Date: July 22, 2009
Copyright: ©2009 by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Illustrated by Tom Kidd
Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Page Count: 670
Issue: 11-14
ISBN-13: 978-1-59606-213-9
Cover Price: $125.00

500 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase.

Photo courtesy of Noah Mitchell.


Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Lettered Edition)

Release Date: July 22, 2009
Copyright: ©2009 by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Illustrated by Tom Kidd
Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Page Count: 670
Appears on page(s): 11-14
ISBN-13: 978-1-59606-213-9
Cover Price: $300
26 signed copies, housed in a custom traycase.
Photo courtesy of Yegor Malionvskii.

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Audio CD)

Release Date: November 15, 2009
Copyright: ©2009 by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
℗2009 by Brilliance Audio
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Appears on page(s): Disc 1, Tracks 2-17
Length: 24 Compact Discs / 29 hours : 15 minutes
ISBN-10: 1-4418-0700-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-4418-0700-7
Cover Price: $49.99
The case states that the book’s Preface starts on track 16, yet Dean’s essay continues into track 17.

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Audio MP3-CD)

Release Date: November 15, 2009
Copyright: ©2009 by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
℗2009 by Brilliance Audio
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Appears on page(s): Disc 1, Track 1
Length: 28 hours : 58 minutes of listening on 2 MP3-CDs
ISBN-10: 1-4418-0702-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4418-0702-1
Cover Price: $29.99

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (TOR Trade HC)

Release Date: December 7, 2010
Copyright: Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Publisher: TOR
Page Count: 669
Appears on page(s): 11-14
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-2086-5
Cover Price: $27.99
States: “First TOR Edition: December 2010” and “0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (TOR Book Club Edition)

Release Date: December 2010
Copyright: Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Publisher: TOR
Page Count: 669
Appears on page(s): 11-14
Book Club ID: #1332763

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (TOR TPBK)

Release Date: December 20, 2011
Copyright: Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Publisher: TOR
Page Count: 669
Appears on page(s): 11-14
ISBN-13: 978-07653-3109-0
Cover Price: $17.99
States: “First Trade Paperback Edition: December 2011” and “0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance

Release Date: August 27, 2013
Copyright: Copyright © 2009 by Dean Koontz (essay)
Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: TOR
Page Count: 798
Appears on page(s): xi-xviii
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-6061-8
Cover Price: $9.99
States: "First Mass Market Paperback Edition: September 2013" and "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"

Notes

From the essay:
“…The first book I read by Jack Vance, in November 1971, was Emphyrio, published at the budget-busting price of 75 cents. The cover illustration—perhaps by Jeff Jones—was sophisticated and mystical.”

The cover artist was, in fact, Jeff Jones who also  did the cover art for Dark of the Woods/Soft Come the Dragons.

Emphyrio originally appeared in two parts in the June and August 1969 issues of Fantastic.

Other Editions:

Songs of the Dying Earth UK Trade Hardcover

 

Last updated on July 19th, 2019