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''Rhialto the Marvellous'' is a collection of one essay and three fantasy stories by Jack Vance, first published in 1984 by Brandywyne Books, a special edition three months before the regular (below). It is the fourth and concluding book in the ''Dying Earth'' series that Vance inaugurated in 1950. One of the stories was previously published.〔 ==Contents== The foreword and first two stories were original to the collection. "Morreion" was originally published in the Lin Carter-edited anthology ''Flashing Swords! 1'' (1973).〔 Retrieved 2012-05-09.〕 ; "Foreword" In which the list of players and the general state of the world in the 21st Aeon are defined. ; "The Murthe" The Sorceress Llorio, also known as the Murthe, has journeyed through time to the 21st Aeon, and is transforming the wizards of that era into women. Rhialto and his colleague Ildefonse the Preceptor attempt to foil her plans with the aid of the mysterious time-traveller Lehuster. ; "Fader's Waft" A series of intrigues perpetrated by his colleague Hache-Moncour land Rhialto in the bad graces of his fellow wizards. Whilst he is away, they ransack his manse and appropriate many valuable items in supposed recompense. On his return, Rhialto accuses his colleagues of violating the 'Blue Principles', their code of conduct, and insists on examining the original document of the 'Principles', stored at Fader's Waft. Upon arrival, Rhialto and Ildefonse discover that the 'Principles' have been replaced with a forgery, and Rhialto undertakes a journey back through time to recover the original. ; "Morreion" Rhialto and his associates journey to the edge of the Universe to seek their erstwhile colleague Morreion, sent away in the distant past to locate the source of the valuable, magic-annulling IOUN stones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhialto the Marvellous」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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