The Laughing Magician: The Adventures of Cugel

First edition 1997.

Deluxe slipcased edition: Underwood Books, 2005. Illustrated by Stephen Fabian. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author.

The Laughing Magician combines two of Vance's popular ”Dying Earth” novels: The Eyes of the Overworld and Cugel the Clever. Both are tales of a charming rascal named Cugel, who is forced on a quest across Earth in a time so remote that the sun itself has grown red and dim.