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Chargement... Time and the Godspar Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, 18th Baron Dunsany)
Information sur l'oeuvreTime and the Gods [omnibus] par Lord Dunsany
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I've read bad books. I've read boring books. But it's rare to read a book where I have no idea what the heck happened. This is the book to read when your high on drugs or drunk. Some older books are books of there time. This book is just nuts. The only thing I can remember about this book is wanting to buy a bottle of wine and hoping I wake up and somehow got to the last page. Then along the torchlit corridors the King went to his chamber, and having shut the door in the empty room, beheld suddenly a figure wearing the cloak of a prophet; and the King perceived that it was he whose face was hidden at the banquet, who had not revealed his name. And the King said: 'Art thou, too, a prophet?' And the figure answered: 'I am a prophet.' And the King said: 'Knowest thou aught concerning the journey of the King?' And the figure answered: 'I know, but have never said.' And the King said: 'Who art thou that knowest so much and hast not told it?' And he answered: 'I am THE END.' Then the cloaked figure strode away from the palace, and the King, unseen by the guards, followed upon his journey. The book "Time and the Gods" in the Fantasy Masterworks series contains six collections of Lord Dunsany's short stories. I have just finished the first of them, which is also called "Time and the Gods". The stories were more like mythology than fantasy, having quite a detached air about them, and more atmosphere than plot. The Gods of Pegāna Descriptions of the gods of Pegāna with a few tales about the prophets at the end. The style is haunting, magical, despite the almost complete lack of any narrative in the first half. I don't know why the omnibus edition puts this collection at the end when it was the first written. Time and the Gods I think this omnibus edition does the stories a disservice. It is too rich a diet of a magical prose style totally unrelated to the world as we experience it coupled with shifts from story to story with no connections between them. I've put it too one side to be continued later after reading something a bit more mundane. The Sword of Welleran The stories in this third collection were much more narratively straight forward, which made them easier to read. I particularly enjoyed "The Highwayman", "The Fall of Babbelkund", and the title story. A Dreamer's Tales I still like the style and the general atmosphere. "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" was probably my favourite from this collection. The Book of Wonders The title just about sums it up. The Last Book of Wonders More like a book of tall tales. No real wonders, just some amusing stories set in a world which isn't quite ours. Superb fantasy. If anyone doubts his influence, then without Dunsany we would have had no Arthur Clarke, Jack Vance or Lovecraft. As another reviewer noted, it's long. That's because it's SIX books squashed together, and they date from the Edwardian era when people made time to read, and didn't rush about so much (they probably had a servant to it for them). Unemcumbered by footnotes, Dunsany's only use of one was to elucidate the meaning of the word "gluttered": see any dictionary, but in vain. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la série éditorialeEst contenu dansContientTime and the Gods [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Coming of the Sea [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) A Legend of the Dawn [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) When the Gods Slept [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Usury [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Mlideen [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Secret of the Gods [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) In the Land of Time [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Journey of the King [novelette] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Kith of the Elf-Folk [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Sword of Welleran [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Fall of Babbulkund [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Highwayman [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) In the Twilight [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Ghosts [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Whirlpool [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Hurricane [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Lord of the Cities [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Doom of La Traviata [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) On the Dry Land [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Blagdaross [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Madness of Andelsprutz [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Where the Tides Ebb and Flow [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Bethmoora [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Idle Days on the Yann [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Sword and the Idol [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Idle City [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Hashish Man [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Poor Old Bill [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Beggars [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Carcassonne [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) In Zaccarath [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Field [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Day of the Poll [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Unhappy Body [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller, and of the Doom That Befell Him [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The House of the Sphinx [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Quest of the Queen's Tears [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Hoard of the Gibbelins par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Chu-Bu et Sheemish par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Wonderful Window [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) A Tale of London [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Thirteen at Table [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The City on Mallington Moor [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Bad Old Woman in Black [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Bird of the Difficult Eye [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Long Porter's Tale [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) How Ali Came to the Black Country [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Bureau d'Echange de Maux [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) A Story of Land and Sea [novelette] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Guarantee to the Reader [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) A Narrow Escape [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Three Sailors' Gambit [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Exiles' Club [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Three Infernal Jokes [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of Skarl the Drummer [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of the Making of the Worlds [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of the Game of the Gods [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Sayings of Kib (Sender of Life in All the Worlds) [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Deeds of Mung (Lord of All Deaths Between Pegāna and the Rim) [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Sayings of Limpang-Tung (The God of Mirth and of Melodious Minstrels) [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Of Yoharneth-Lahai (The God of Little Dreams and Fancies) [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Of Roon, the God of Going, and the Thousand Home Gods [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) The Revolt of the Home Gods [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of Dorozhand (Whose Eyes Regard the End) [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Kabok the Prophet [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of the Calamity that Befel Yūn-Ilāra by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect) Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Gods of Pegāna [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Of Ood [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The River [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) The Bird of Doom and the End [short story] par Lord Dunsany (indirect) Pegāna [short story] par Edward J. M. D. Plunkett 18th baron Dunsany (indirect)
Classic Literature.
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Short Stories.
HTML: Fall into a beguiling fantasy world in Time and the Gods, a collection of magical short stories from writer Lord Dunsany, whom many critics regard as a central figure in the early development of the fantasy genre. This interlinked series of tales will please fantasy fans who prefer a more literary, lyrical style. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The Sword of Welleran: 3.5
A Dreamer's Tales:3.5
The Book of Wonder: 3.5
Tales of Wonder: 3.5
The Gods of Pegana: 3 ( )