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Gods, men and ghosts, the best supernatural fiction of Lord Dunsany, Selected, with an introd., by E.F. Bleiler. With 20 illus. by Sidney H. Sime

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Gods, men and ghosts

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Selected, with an introd., by E.F. Bleiler. With 20 illus. by Sidney H. Sime

the best supernatural fiction of Lord Dunsany

Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, ranks among the twentieth century's great masters of supernatural and science fiction. An outstanding dramatist whose supernatural plays anticipated the theater of the absurd, Dunsany was also a virtuoso writer of short stories and essays. This selection presents the finest of his works, gathered from long-out-of-print sources. Contents include the famous "Three Sailors' Gambit," possibly the best chess story ever written; the remarkable trilogy about Nuth and the Gnoles, Thangobrind the Jeweller, and the Gibbelins; exploits of the Gods, including both "The Gods of Pengana" and adventures from other books; and favorite adventures of Jorkens, prince of liars. Dunsany's spellbinding tales are complemented by the remarkable visions of Sidney H. Sime, whose delicate illustrations form an indispensable complement to the stories. --, From Goodreads

The three sailors' gambit -- The three infernal jokes -- The exiles' club -- Thirteen at table -- The wonderful window -- The Bureau d'Echange de Maux -- The ghosts -- The probable adventure of the three literary men -- The coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap -- Poor old Bill -- The hoard of the gibbelins -- How nuth would have practised his art upon the gnoles -- Chu-bu and Sheemish -- A story of land and sea -- The distressing tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller, and of the doom that befell him -- The sword of Welleran -- The fortress unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth -- The injudicious prayers of Pombo the Idolator -- How Plash-Goo came to the land of none's desire -- Bethmoora -- Idle days on the Yann -- The hashish man -- A narrow escape -- Jorkens -- The sign -- The neapolitan ice -- Jorkens consults a prophet -- The walk to Lingham -- How Ryan got out of Russia -- A mystery of the East -- The gods of Pegana -- Time and the gods -- The coming of the sea -- The secret of the gods -- In the land of time