Download or read book Time and the Gods Illustrated written by Lord Dunsany and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and the Gods are the second one ee-ebookthrough Irish fable writer Lord Dunsany, taken into consideration a man have an effect on on the paintings of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others.The ee-ebook turned into first posted in hardcover through William Heinemann in September 1906 and has been reprinted some of the instances since. It turned into issued through the Modern Library in an unauthorized mixed version with The Book of Wonder under the latter's identity in 1918."These testimonies are of the matters that passed off gods and guys in Yarnith, Averon, and Zarkandhu, and in the alternative international locations of my dreams." No higher precis may be given. The memories right here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuring photographs of people, places, and matters that can't probably exist but by some means ring true. You'll examine Slid, an upstart younger god; the Dawn child, who loses her golden ball; the hideous Pestilence; Time and the way it overthrew even what the gods favored; laughter and prophecies, doom and hope, gods and humans J.R.R. Tolkien are regularly credited with developing the fable style as we recognize it. But Dunsany turned into one in every of a handful of fable writers who got here first--developing gods, cities, heroes, and legends lengthy earlier than Tolkien penned the Silmarillion. As a result, his memories are refreshingly authentic and untainted through every other writer's paintings. Fans of conventional fable--or readers seeking out something sparkling and freed from clichés--will experience this lavish ee-ebook. "One of the finest writers of century . . . Immensely significant. --Katharine Kerr. "In a category with the Tolkien books." --L. Sprague de Camp. "Lord Dunsany's words . . . opened my eyes to otherworldly splendor and enchantment." --Esther M. Friesner. "One of the seminal fantasies of the century." --John Clute. "All pure ore." --Ursula K. Le Guin. Newly designed and typeset in a 6-through-9-inch layout through Waking Lion Press.