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 ambiguous: the evil are charming, the good are dangerous.
language: English
title: The Dying Earth
titlecomplete: The Dying Earth
characters: Guyal, T'sain, Turjan, Liane, T'sais, Pandelume, Ulan Dhor
genres: Short Stories, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dying Earth, Sword and Sorcery, Science Fiction Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 9177
series: The Dying Earth
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Buccaneer Books