This is one of those books that it’s a little bit embarrassing to admit that I hadn’t already read. I’ve read who knows how many tales that were influenced to some degree by Dunsany… but not a lot actually by him.The Charwoman’s Shadow is a lovely, original fairy tale. In order to gain money for his...
There was a time, lost in the mists of antiquity, when the dreamer could wander his fantasy land at will and set down his/her experiences on paper at leisure, without worrying about deadlines and contracts: when he/she could pen his words without worrying whether his book will hit the bestseller cha...
The Gods of Pegana is an invented pantheon. This slim book by Lord Dunsany has been tremendously influential, having inspired illustrious personages such as H.P.Lovecraft and J.R.R.Tolkien. And the original illustrations by Sidney Sime are classics by themselves.I have been wanting to read this bo...
This is my second time through and I still just didn't like this book that much. I know it is supposed to be some fantasy classic. Even though it is a short novel it just dragged for me after around the middle of the book: Alveric's endless featureless wanderings after Elfland and Orion's repeate...
I kind of feel like this story started to get away from Lord Dunsany. It starts beautifully, with perfect fairy tale styling. And there are, throughout, some incredibly beautiful passages. I especially loved the witch's response to being asked for a spell to banish magic. But about midway through it...
Well it would seem that the great Lord Dunsany was not infallible. I've loved every other book I've read by him and came to this one with accordingly high expectations and for the first time, he has not lived up to them.In this story we follow Don Rodriquez after he inherits no more than a rapier an...
Recommended for: Those who have patience and are comfortable with Victorian and poetic styles in prose, who have romantic souls, and people who enjoy reading poetry and who enjoy introspective, speculative, and exploratory literature and fanciful fantasy.Not recommended for : Those who prefer fast-...
What an interesting selection.One of my coworkers is an early scifi geek, which is cool; he was telling me about this Hoffman guy. This thing has, like, Hawthorne in it. Just a neat way of looking at it.
preface - In the mists before THE BEGINNING, Fate and Chance cast lots todecide whose the Game should be; and he that won strode throughthe mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: "Now make gods for Me, forI have won the cast and the Game is to be Mine." Who it was thatwon the cast, and whether it was F...
Geek that I am I actually read this to prepare for the Tolkien Professor’s Faerie & Fantasy podcast seminar that covers the book. I am rather conflicted about Dunsany in general and this book in particular. After finishing the first half I found that _The Book of Wonder_ more or less confirmed for ...
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