| A Dreamer's Tales
Here are more tales of the exotic and the wonderful, by the greatest
fantasist of the Twentieth Century. Lord Dunsany (rhymes with "rainy")
ranged long distances beyond the fields we know, into the lands of
Dream, returning with reports that are fantastic, sparkling, and very
enjoyable. Here are jeweled cities and ruined ones, sailors and kings
of Thebes, quiet rivers and the cold surface of the Moon. Herein are
the stories of the tribe that invented first a weapon and then a god;
of the city that, stone by stone, went mad; of the man who disovered
the secret of the universe and remembered some of it...
Dunsany's prose, always scintillant yet always sharply focused,
has influenced the work of fantasy writers during his life and after.
His name has become an adjective. His work has become a standard. It
will delight the reader over and over again.
Originally published in 1910, long out of print, A Dreamer's Tales
contains sixteen examples of the high strange art of Dunsanian short
fantasy.
The cover for this edition is by fantasy legend Tim Kirk. CONTENTS:
POLTARNEES, BEHOLDER OF OCEAN BLAGDAROSS THE MADNESS OF ANDELSPRUTZ WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW BETHMOORA IDLE DAYS ON THE YANN THE SWORD AND THE IDOL THE IDLE CITY THE HASHISH MAN POOR OLD BILL THE BEGGARS CARCASSONNE IN ZACCARATH THE FIELD THE DAY OF THE POLL THE UNHAPPY BODY FINIS
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