The Gods of Pegana

By: Lord Dunsany

Narrated by: Ritchard Milton

" The Gods of Pegana" is the first book by Lord Dunsany, published in 1905. The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegana.

Contents:

• Preface,
• The Gods of Pegana,
• Of Skarl the Drummer,
• Of the Making of the Worlds,
• Of the Game of the Gods,
• The Chaunt of the Gods,
• The Sayings of Kib,
• Concerning Sish,
• The Sayings of Slid,
• The Deeds of Mung,
• The Chaunt of the Priests,
• The Sayings of Limpang-Tung,
• Of Yoharneth-Lahai,
• Of Roon, the God of Going, and the Thousand,
• The Revolt of the Home Gods,
• Of Dorozhand,
• The Eye in the Waste,
• Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast,
• Yonath the Prophet,
• Yug the Prophet,
• Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet,
• Kabok the Prophet,
• Of the Calamity That Befel Yun-Ilara by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days,
• Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith,
• Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One,
• Of How Imbaun Met Zodrak,
• Pegana,
• The Sayings of Imbaun,
• Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King,
• Of Ood,
• The River,
• The Bird of Doom and the End.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878-1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany.©2018 Audioliterature (P)2018 Audioliterature

A unique and weird collection of fantasy

You could definitely call it thick and probably a little boring. However, it's a worthwhile journey for anyone looking to experience a more experimental style of writing. It has a lot of charm, and it lays a bunch of groundwork for further explorations of the world told herein.

made my eyes spin

what a trippy book! an intensely modernist ride, you can see why it was so influential

Gods and Worlds are Created Then the End

This book was written at the turn of the last century, and it's a store Gods Worlds being created then they end.

Dunsany is great. This reader/performance is...

...unfortunate. The narrator has a heavy accent that makes prolonged listening tiring. Along with that, the decision to add a heavy, loud echo every time one of the gods is named (which is almost every sentence, due to the mythic style of Dunsany's work) gets annoying quickly.

Again, I like Dunsany a lot, that's why I bought this audiobook. He's an acquired taste, though, and this performance won't help anyone acquire it.

Why the odd sound effects for names?

Interesting story since it predates or paved ground for modern fantasy/sci-fi, but I regretted spending a credit on it since the narration annoyed me with sound effects. Names and certain phrases are given a dramatic base and echo sound for some kind of intensity, but I just found it irritating and interrupted the flow.