num_pages: 160
description: Seekers of wisdom and beauty include lovely lost women, eccentric wizards and man-eating melancholy deodands. Twk-men ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. Each being is morally the evil are charming, the good are dangerous.
language: English
title: The Dying Earth
titlecomplete: The Dying Earth (Lancer SF, 74-547)
characters: Ulan Dhor, Pandelume, T'sais, Liane, Turjan, T'sain, Guyal
genres: Classics, Dying Earth, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, High Fantasy, Short Stories, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 9177
series: The Dying Earth
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Lancer Books