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Tales of Three Hemispheres by Lord Dunsany
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Tales of Three Hemispheres (original 1919; edition 2015)

by Lord Dunsany (Author)

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Classic Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

Take a trip around the world and into other dimensions with this collection of whimsical, engrossing short stories from the Irish fantasy pioneer, Lord Dunsany. Tales of Three Hemispheres brings together a treasure trove of Dunsany's trademark fables and fantasies in a collection that will please fans of Tolkien, Lovecraft, and Le Guin.

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Title:Tales of Three Hemispheres
Authors:Lord Dunsany (Author)
Info:Positronic Publishing (2015), 62 pages
Collections:Read but unowned
Rating:****
Tags:fantasy, short stories

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From steaming lowlands down by the equator, where monstrous orchids blow, where beetles big as mice sit on the tent-ropes, and fireflies glide about by night like little moving stars, the travelers went three days through forests of cactus till they came to the open plains where the oryx are.
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Classic Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

Take a trip around the world and into other dimensions with this collection of whimsical, engrossing short stories from the Irish fantasy pioneer, Lord Dunsany. Tales of Three Hemispheres brings together a treasure trove of Dunsany's trademark fables and fantasies in a collection that will please fans of Tolkien, Lovecraft, and Le Guin.

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Contains:
  • Introduction
  • The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla
  • How the Office of Postman Fell Vacant in Otford-under-the-Wold
  • The Prayer of Boob Aheera
  • East and West
  • A Pretty Quarrel
  • How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning
  • The Gift of the Gods
  • The Sack of Emeralds
  • The Old Brown Coat
  • An Archive of the Older Mysteries
  • A City of Wonder
  • Publisher's Note (Beyond the Fields We Know)
  • Idle Days on the Yann
  • A Shop in Go-By Street
  • The Avenger of Perdóndaris
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