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Nomadman
Jun 16, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lord Dunsany wrote true fantasy, the sort that had the ability to evoke genuine awe and inspire in the reader a desire for something beyond the trammels of the mundane and the everyday world. While his short stories are perhaps the pinnacle of his craft (and arguably the pinnacle of all fantastic fiction) this rare novel is an absolute gem, and a high watermark of fantastic fiction. Through the course of two hundred odd pages, Dunsany weaves a tale of lost love and despair, a heartfelt yearning ...more
Lúcio Pimentel
Nov 11, 2019 rated it really liked it

Edward Plunkett parece um personagem de RPG. Voluntário na primeira guerra, caçador, professor em Atenas, campeão de tiro e de xadrez (sendo nerd a ponto de criar uma variação do jogo) e, claro, escritor. Nascido em 1872, o irlandês virou Lorde Dunsany quando assumiu o título de barão, vivendo em um castelo construído no século XII.


Este é mais um dos autores citados apenas pelo nome no Apêndice N, então não sabemos com certeza quais de seus livros foram lidos por Gygax, então escolhi seu livro m

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Oliver Brackenbury
Mar 05, 2019 rated it it was amazing
I found this through the ol' Appendix N reading list and it's not hard to see how this influenced D&D in many ways, but it has value well beyond that novelty. This is a wonderful fantasy tale in the vein of classic fairy tales, a welcome break from the kind of epics we mostly associate with the genre these days. By the final run up to the ending I was really immersed in what I was reading and I know I'll be looking up more of his books. ...more
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