Lord Dunsany

The Book of Wonder Illustrated Lord Dunsany

"Not best does any talewhich crosshatches among this international and Faerie owe a Founders Debt to LordDunsany, however, the secondary international created with the aid of using J. R. R. Tolkien--from which almostall fantasylands have devolved--additionally took form and flower from Dunsany's example."--The Encyclopedia of Fantasy Most myth lovers keep in mind Lord Dunsanyone of the maximum huge forces in cutting-edge myth; his effects have beendiscovered within side the works of H. P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, JackVance, and lots of different cutting-edge writers. The Book of Wonder is Dunsany at the peakof his talent. The tales right here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuringpix of people, places, and matters which can't in all likelihood exist, but somehowring true. They are, in short, complete of wonder. Together with Dunsany's differentimportant collections, A Dreamers Tales and Tales of Three Hemispheres, they're animportant part of any myth collection.