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The Gods of Pegana

By: Lord Dunsany
Narrated by: Ritchard Milton
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" 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.
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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.

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made my eyes spin

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

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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.

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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.

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