# NEW JACK VANCE?

*The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 01 May 2000*

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### Urash, Tom
*01 May 2000, 10:17*

Just received a notify from Amazon.com:

The Laughing Magician
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424008/ref=s_e9> 
by Jack Vance(Illustrator) 

Publication date: May 2000 
Publisher: Underwood Books 
Binding:Hardcover 
Subjects: Fiction 
Click here for more information
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424008/ref=s_e9> 
Our Price: $75.00 

I'm thrown by the "(Illustrator)" parenthetical. Is this our Jack, The Dying
Earth, etc. Help!

...tom

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### Jesper Svedberg
*02 May 2000, 16:30 · follows Urash, Tom*

> From: "Urash, Tom" <turash at firstam.com>
> Subject: NEW JACK VANCE?
> Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 10:17:24 -0500
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> Just received a notify from Amazon.com:
> 
> The Laughing Magician
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424008/ref=s_e9>
> by Jack Vance(Illustrator)
> 
> Publication date: May 2000
> Publisher: Underwood Books
> Binding:Hardcover
> Subjects: Fiction
> Click here for more information
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424008/ref=s_e9>
> Our Price: $75.00
> 
> I'm thrown by the "(Illustrator)" parenthetical. Is this our Jack, The Dying
> Earth, etc. Help!

Yup, it's the right Jack.

_The Lauging Magician_ is an omnibus consisting of _Eyes of the
Overworld_
and _Cugel's Saga_.

Unless you're into collecting books, i recommend buying the Millennium
Omnibus consisting of the whole Dying Earth suite.


  // Jesper Svedberg

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