Over the Hills and Far Away (short story collection)
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Over the Hills and Far Away is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the sixty-fifth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1974. It was the series' sixth Dunsany volume, and the third collection of his shorter fantasies assembled by Carter.
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Author | Lord Dunsany |
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Cover artist | Gervasio Gallardo |
Language | English |
Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1974 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | xii, 234 pp |
ISBN | 0-345-23886-9 |
OCLC | 1211558 |
The book collects a poem, two plays and thirty-four short pieces by the author, including several of his Jorkens stories, with an introduction by Lin Carter.[1] A poem by H. P. Lovecraft, in tribute to Dunsany, is also included.
Contents
edit- "Happy Far-Off Things", An Introduction by Lin Carter
- "On Reading Lord Dunsany", A Tribute by H. P. Lovecraft (poem)
- I. Tales of the World's Edge
- "Editor's Note"
- "The Journey of the King"
- "The Fall of Babbulkund"
- "The Bird of the Difficult Eye"
- "The Secret of the Sea"
- "The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles" (play)
- II. Tales of the Far Away
- "Editor's Note"
- "The House of the Sphinx"
- "Blagdaross"
- "The Lonely Idol"
- "The Archive of the Older Mysteries"
- "The Loot of Loma"
- "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla"
- "The Queen's Enemies" (play)
- "How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire"
- "The Prayer of Boob Aheera"
- "East and West"
- "How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning"
- "The Man with the Golden Ear-Rings"
- "Poor Old Bill"
- III. Tales of Near At Hand
- "Editor's Note"
- "The Bad Old Woman in Black"
- "The Field"
- "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow"
- "The Little City"
- "The Highwayman"
- "In the Twilight"
- "The Ghosts"
- "The Doom of La Traviata"
- "A Narrow Escape"
- "The Lord of Cities"
- "The Unhappy Body"
- "The Gifts of the Gods"
- "On the Dry Land"
- "The Unpasturable Fields"
- IV. Tales Jorkens Told
- "Editor's Note"
- "The Curse of the Witch"
- "Hunting the Unicorn"
- "The Pale-Green Image"
- "The Sacred City of Krakovlitz"
- "At Sunset" (poem)
External links
edit- The Gods of Pegāna public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Time and the Gods public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- A Dreamer's Tales public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- The Book of Wonder public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Fifty-One Tales public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Tales of Wonder public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Tales of Three Hemispheres public domain audiobook at LibriVox