The Gods of Pegana by Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Horror, (Paperback)

from dmmjlllt

Really lovely and strange. They're deeply sad and poetic; probably a little overwrought, honestly, but it seems to work in this context. I think in a later book Dunsany ended up poking fun at this "earnest" tone from his earlier period, but it really does work just fine here. I'm reminded a littl...

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This is a book that I've reread time and again, usually every year or two. It's a strange one, and there's not much else to compare it to. Ya know the "dramatis personae" section that's included with many books of mythology, prefacing the stories that make up the bulk of those books? The Gods of ...

from Nandakishore_Varma

The Gods of Pegana is an invented pantheon. This slim book by Lord Dunsany has been tremendously influential, having inspired illustrious personages such as H.P.Lovecraft and J.R.R.Tolkien. And the original illustrations by Sidney Sime are classics by themselves.I have been wanting to read this b...

from dmmjlllt

Really lovely and strange. They're deeply sad and poetic; probably a little overwrought, honestly, but it seems to work in this context. I think in a later book Dunsany ended up poking fun at this "earnest" tone from his earlier period, but it really does work just fine here. I'm reminded a littl...

from

This is a book that I've reread time and again, usually every year or two. It's a strange one, and there's not much else to compare it to. Ya know the "dramatis personae" section that's included with many books of mythology, prefacing the stories that make up the bulk of those books? The Gods of ...