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b'The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 44 - Mazirian the Magician by Jack Vance\\n\\xa0\\nHow many spells can you prepare in one day? Discover the reason spell-casters in Dungeons & Dragons work differently from spell-casters in any other fantasy fiction. What\\u2019s more, get lost in the cold, enchanting beauty of Earth\\u2019s last days in the Tales of the Dying Earth.\\n\\xa0\\n\\nwww.nobleknight.com\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nJohn Holbrook \\u201cJack\\u201d Vance\\nborn August 28, 1916 in San Francisco\\ndied May 26, 2013\\n\\xa0\\nVance spent childhoon in San Francisco and then Oakley, CA\\nattended the University of California, Berkeley\\nweak eyesight prevented him from entering military service, but in 1943 he became a merchant marine\\n\\xa0\\nwrote the stories that would become The Dying Earth during WWII, published in 1950, Hillman Periodicals\\n\\xa0\\nJack Vance didn\\u2019t become established as a writer until the 1970\\u2019s\\nwon a ton of awards, including a Hugo\\nhe also wrote mysteries and even wrote three books under the name Ellery Queen\\n\\xa0\\nVance most often cited Jeffery Farnol as one of his influences\\nalso P. G. Wodehouse, L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert W. Chambers and Jules Verne\\nGeorge R. R. Martin edited a tribute Songs of the Dying Earth in 2009\\nNeil Gaiman was a fan\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\u201cThe Dying Earth\\u201d\\nfirst collection of short stories that would become The Dying Earth series\\nJack Vance himself preferred the title \\u201cMazirian the Magician\\u201d for this first collection\\npublished 1950, Hillman Periodicals\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nPeter Foxhoven\\nwebsite -\\xa0http://www.cromcountthedead.com\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nCo-hosts:\\nJeffrey Wikstrom\\nwebsite -\\xa0jeffwik.com\\ntwitter - @jeff_wik\\n\\xa0\\nGeoffrey Winn\\ntwitter - @geoffreydwinn\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nEmail us with your comments!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nhttp://www.thetomeshow.com\\nthetomeshow@gmail.com'