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by Sidney H. Sime (Illustrator), Lord Dunsany (Author)
Cherished fantasy author Lord Dunsany and master draftsman Sidney Sime produced an early masterpiece of Weird literature with their 1905 release of The Gods of Pegana. The American Eldritch Society for the Preservation of Hearsay and Rumor is proud to present this full collection of myths from a lost culture, with its original illustrations presented in color for the first time. Upon its original release, The Gods of Pegana became a cultural curiosity, although it fell out of print relatively quickly. It was praised for its ingenuity, and became a favorite of the art nouveau mystery cults. It has yet to see a satisfactory modern reprinting... until now. Enjoy all of Sidney Sime's original illustrations in full color for the first time. Dunsany's complete manuscript is presented in a slender modern volume, newly typeset with elegance and simplicity. Join Mana-Yood-Sushai, Slid, Hish and the rest of the pantheon in the gardens of time, as their stories are revealed through parable and testament. Unravel the secrets in the "Sayings of Kib", who is the Sender of Life; shudder at the "Deeds of Mung", Lord of All Deaths. Other stories include "Revolt of the Home Gods", "Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast", "The Eye in the Waste," and more. The Gods of Pegana greatly influenced a number of later authors; in particular, a young HP Lovecraft, who began to conceive of his Cthulhu Mythos while under its spell.
Author Biography
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunket (1878-1954) was the 18th Baron of Dunsany and a prolific member of the Irish Literary Revival. He was enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Second Boer war, and served later as a Captain in the trenches in World War One. His acquaintances included W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, and Authur C. Clark. Dunsany's fiction explored a broad range of styles over time, buthis early Weird fantasy, stories of myth, wonder, and cosmic legend, helped to establish many foundations of the burgeoning genre. Authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin and Neil Gaiman have cited Lord Dunsany as an inspiration to their work. Dunsany loved dogs, and used his status as an aristocrat to champion animal rights. The Dunsany family, whose land and title date back to the 1100's, maintain a website which describes the 18th Baron as tall, handsome, 'a keen marksman and a fine player of cricket, tennis and chess.' He was an illustrator and sculptor of figurines, and was most well known during his lifetime for his successful career as a playwright.
