num_pages: 156
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 (The Dying Earth, #1)
characters: Guyal, Ulan Dhor, T'sais, Pandelume, T'sain, Turjan, Liane
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Dying Earth, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Sword and Sorcery, Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 9181
series: The Dying Earth
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Pocket Books