Books with author Lord Dunsany

An influential fantasy writer and a key figure in the Irish literary renaissance, Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the eighteenth Baron Dunsany (1878-1957) produced a trove of gems of the imagination. The 12 stories here are some of his best. They will take you on a remarkable journey to places that sometimes seem soft and pleasant, sometimes bleak and ominous — but always surprising.Ten magnificent illustrations by S. H. Simes, perfectly reflecting Dunsany’s mood, accompany such inventive tales as "The Highwayman," "In the Twilight," "The Ghosts," "The Lord of Cities," "The Doom of La Traviata," and the title piece. A delight for lovers of fantasy, the volume will enchant readers of folk tales and science fiction as well.

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods. Description from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905. The book was reviewed favourably but as an unusual piece. One of the more influential reviews was by Edward Thomas in the London Daily Chronicle.The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was followed by a further collection, Time and the Gods, and by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories and possibly in Tales of Three Hemispheres.The book contains a range of illustrations by Sidney Sime, the originals of all of which can be seen at Dunsany Castle.In 1919 Dunsany told an American interviewer: "In The Gods of Pegāna I tried to account for the ocean and the moon. I don't know whether anyone else has ever tried that before".Aside from its various stand-alone editions, the complete text of the collection is included in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy collection Beyond the Fields We Know (1972), in The Complete Pegāna (1998), and in the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks omnibus Time and the Gods (2000).Stories"Preface""The Gods of Pegāna""Of Skarl the Drummer""Of the Making of the Worlds""Of the Game of the Gods""The Chaunt of the Gods""The Sayings of Kib""Concerning Sish""The Sayings of Slid""The Deeds of Mung""The Chaunt of the Priests""The Sayings of Limpang-Tung""Of Yoharneth-Lahai""Of Roon, the God of Going""The Revolt of the Home Gods""Of Dorozhand""The Eye in the Waste""Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast""Yonath the Prophet""Yug the Prophet""Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet""Kabok the Prophet""Of the Calamity That Befel Yūn-Ilāra by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days""Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith""Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One""Of How Imbaun Met Zodrak""Pegāna""The Sayings of Imbaun""Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King""Of Ood""The River""The Bird of Doom and the End"