Emphyrio
SALES POINTS * #19 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written  * 'All Vance's novels have exotic locales and cultures, resourceful heroes and vigorous action, but in Emphyrio they are raised to the pitch of perfection, making the novel a tremendous pleasure to read, and giving it also a mysterious beauty' ' Kim Stanley Robinson  * 'Jack Vance is our greatest living SF writer, and Emphyrio is one of his very best books, a magical tour de force of mystery, marvel, invention, incident, world-building and wordplay.  But be warned: reading Vance is addictive' ' George R.R. Martin