{"product_id":"time-and-the-gods-9781513299440","title":"Time and the Gods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (1906) is a short story collection by Lord Dunsany. Published at the beginning of his career, \u003ci\u003eTime and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Gods of Pegāna\u003c\/i\u003e (1905), would influence such writers as J. R. R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, and H. P. Lovecraft. Recognized as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction, Dunsany is a man whose work, in the words of Lovecraft, remains “unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic vision.” “Once when the gods were young and only Their swarthy servant Time was without age, the gods lay sleeping by a broad river upon earth. There in a valley that from all the earth the gods had set apart for Their repose the gods dreamed marble dreams.” \u003ci\u003eTime and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, Dunsany’s second collection of stories, contains some of his finest tales of fantasy and adventure. From their “marble dreams” arose a city fit for the gods, a sweeping expanse of towers, terraces, lawns, and fountains known as Sardathrion. Protected by mountains and a vast desert, safe in the heart of a fertile valley, the city of the gods is a place to which few humans go, and from which none can return. Dunsany’s tales of high fantasy continue to delight over a century after they first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Dunsany’s \u003ci\u003eTime and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of Irish fantasy fiction reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graphic Arts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359576949079,"sku":"9781513299440","price":7.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781513299440.jpg?v=1754125069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/time-and-the-gods-9781513299440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}