Series
Lyonesse (Jack Vance)
Jack Vance · 3 novels · 1983–1989
The Lyonesse Trilogy is a group of three fantasy novels by Jack Vance, set in the European Dark Ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur. The stories contain references to Atlantis and Arthurian mythology, particularly to the mythical country of Lyonesse. They are told in several related storylines which are not always strictly chronological.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
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Lyonesse (Jack Vance) at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1980s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:epic fantasycourt intriguesecondary worldmedievalwhimsicaladult
Mood
Bright and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
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- Lyonesse: The Green Pearldarkest · most intense
- Lyonesse: Suldrun's Gardenbrightest · calmest