Tales of Three Hemispheres
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- Synopsis
- The Godfather of modern fantasy writing treats us to 11 short tales from "beyond the fields we know." Also included is a reprint of perhaps his best short story, "Idle Days on the Yann", and two sequels. This edition of the book contains the Foreword written in 1922 by H.P. Lovecraft(!). Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, is regarded by many to have brought the fine art of fantasy writing up to date in the early 20th century. His style was imitated and built upon by many authors, and was admired by even more, including L. Sprague de Camp, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, J.R.R. Tolkien, Evangeline Walton, Neil Gaiman, Jose Luis Borges, C.M. Kornbluth, Arthur C. Clarke - the list goes on and on. The Dunsany Barony, which continues to this day, is of Anglo-Irish stock (Castle Dunsany lies in County Meath and is almost 900 years old), and the influence of the Irish gift for language, expression, and description of things real and not real is very strong within Lord Dunsany's work. His first published collection of fantasy short stories, The Gods of Pegana (1905), was a journey into pure mythology. By the time this book was published (1919), Lord Dunsany examined the interaction of the fields we DO know with those we don't. Lord Dunsany himself appears as the narrator of some stories under the name of "The Poet". While these stories are not (perhaps) as joyously fantastic as Lord Dunsany's earlier work, they still retain the ability to let the reader enter into a place of wonder.
- Copyright:
- 1976
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 140 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780913896044
- Publisher:
- Owlswick Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/05/15
- Copyrighted By:
- The Estate of Lord Dunsany
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- William Korn
- Proofread By:
- Bobbi Elaine
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.