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The 20th Century Renaissance Man Who Pioneered Much of the Modern Fantasy Genre

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100 years ago, an iconoclastic British author pushed the boundaries of fantasy fiction and inspired a Who's Who of writers from different corners of the genre: from Tolkien to Lovecraft; from Robert E. Howard to Jack Vance; from Michael Moorcock to Neil Gaiman, just to name a few.
This video explores the works of Lord Dunsany and discusses what made him so influential and why he deserves to be read today.
0:01 Overview
3:14 Who was Lord Dunsany?
3:56 An unlikely writer
6:37 Literary reputation
7:42 Dunsany's style
10:05 Dunsany's themes
11:48 Early short fiction
19:24 Early novels
25:32 Jorkens tales
27:57 Later works
29:33 Dunsany's impact
31:37 Why forgotten today?
33:11 Where to find his works
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I've recorded an audiobook of Lord Dunsany's The Book of Wonder short story collection (14 stories), which is available for download at:
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@RandalPlunkett261 10 месяцев назад

Great tribute to a man whose influence is everywhere yet completely unknown to the masses. As his closest relative, thank for such a well rounded look at his work

@thelibraryladder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you (your Lordship)! I hope I did his legacy justice and that the video encourages more people to read his works and to discover for themselves how wonderful those stories are and how much other authors were influenced by them. (And thank you for teaching me the correct way to pronounce Dunsany.)

@thitherword 9 месяцев назад

Hi there,@@thelibraryladder. Excellent video. Great to see other people interested in the work of Lord Dunsany. I've spent more than a year researching and writing an extended MA Res thesis on Dunsany and Tolkien called '"Wonder's Native Haunt": Earth-centred Sacrality in the Fantasies of Lord Dunsany and J.R.R. Tolkien'. It concerns both authors' love of nature and the importance of wonder in their fiction. I produced a longform video on my own channel about this project. I cover Dunsany on my channel quite frequently as well. I don't have a lot of subscribers, so these productions haven't received many views at all. Would you be able to promote my thesis video in any way? We could even collaborate in some form. What do you think?

@PAUL-ge1kl 8 месяцев назад

Hi Randal. Looking forward to visiting your pile out in Eire next year. I believe you have some Sidney Sime in situ as well

@anuragarakala1159 11 месяцев назад

Your voice is very addictive sir. Makes audience want to keep listening for a long time...

@jarltrippin 11 месяцев назад

You're an absolute asset to fantasy literature. Tolkien deserves all the respect he gets, but Dunsany made the first great step for the genre, and it's a damn shame that he resides in such obscurity. Great video, man.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I feel much the same way about Dunsany, so I decided to shine a little spotlight on him.

@jarltrippin 11 месяцев назад

@@thelibraryladderDude, congratulations on the success of this video. In just a few days it's become the most viewed one on your channel.

@masterlee9822 11 месяцев назад

Tolkien is not that original who borrowed heavily from Germanic mythologies. Gandalf and the names of the dwarves come right from the Germanic creation of the dwarf myths. Germanic elves are creatures made from light who sometimes are compared to beams of light.

@dalriada7554 2 месяца назад

Is he really in such obscurity ? I've heard Dunsany as the forefather of fantasy since the mid-90's, and probably only because I was too young before that.

@jeroenadmiraal8714 11 месяцев назад

Dunsany's writing still has the power to totally impress and overwhelm a reader with its beauty and melancholy.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

My goal with this video isn't to start a debate about the definitive, most influential fantasy author. Rather, it's to shine a spotlight on an often overlooked author who should be a part of the conversation because of his significant impact on many later fantasy authors who are now considered among the greatest. :)

@johnsavard7583 11 месяцев назад

I would agree that a debate over whether Tolkien was more influential than Lord Dunsany would not be productive. However, I have to admit that when I clicked on the link, I was expecting a video about William Morris.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

@@johnsavard7583I plan to feature Morris in a future video (along with other early pioneers such as MacDonald, Eddison and Cabell).

@chrisamies2141 11 месяцев назад

@@johnsavard7583 Although Morris lived entirely within the 19th century, not the 20th (1834-96).

@jatrius 11 месяцев назад

I fear that, for some , a lot of retrospective classification is underway. Tolkien's purpose, made quite explicit from the outset was to 'manufacture' a mythos for England, especially given the background of ongoing mechanisation and the horrors of industrialisation he had witnessed in WW1. He wished to create a Nibelunglied-type of paean to a retreating past which was particular to English sensibilities (note, not British but English). It was only because others picked up the ball and ran with it later that we have come to identifyhis work as part of a genre which we now term fantasy. Dunsany was enormously popular but also must be seen within the greater context of the Celtic Twilight movement(s). There was an extant canon of works from which he could draw inspiration and mould to his own desires. This is the key difference between them as writers.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

@marshalmarrs3269 Thanks for the suggestion! Stapledon's on my list of authors I plan to discuss here on my channel, although it might be a little while before I get to him (it's a long list). :)

@thoughtfuldevil6069 11 месяцев назад

"When Mana-Yood-Sushai wakes, there shall be dreams and gods no more." I will never, ever forget that quote. I don't Lovecraft ever forgot it, either.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Let us all hope that Skarl the Drummer maintains a steady beat. :D

@SolarLabyrinth 11 месяцев назад

I had no idea he was so prolific. Given how little his work is discussed these days, I really just thought he had written King of Elfland's Daughter and a few short stories. A very enlightening video.

@KaiHenningsen 11 месяцев назад

In that way, he seems comparable to Asimov, who also couldn't stop writing and produced hundreds of works.

@Yatukih_001 11 месяцев назад

I wrongly assumed that it was because the media did not want people to know about him but that is not the case. The point is most people spend time working and so on so they usually do not research writers like him.

@tamerofhorses2200 11 месяцев назад

You can litearally find all of his works compiled into a huge anthology book online in an EPUB format. Look it up. It's amazing.

@quixotiq 11 месяцев назад

Yes! Although The King of Elfland's Daughter is amazing!

@marcbasil 11 месяцев назад

🤨🤦🏻🥱 congrats: CRINGEST comment of the week, bud. Great job 👏🏽 imagine being this gigantic of a freaking shut-in pleb 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤣🤣🤣🤤🤤🤤🥴

@kathleengarvey4634 11 месяцев назад

I am utterly stunned to see your wonderful doc. I didn't think anyone knew of Lord Dunsany and his influence. Granted it was 1968 or'69 when I was searching. I and the local librarian were only able to access "The King of Elfland's Daughter " through inter library loans. I remember being floored that a 14 year old was able to access a college library around 60 miles distant. That's when I became a life long fan of public libraries and "fairytales for adults".

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. I'm a fervent cheerleader for overlooked authors and public libraries. :)

@patrickmarshall4142 11 месяцев назад

I can attest to Dunsany's influence on Fritz Leiber. I heard Leiber read "The Fortress Unvanqiishable Save for Sacnoth" as well as his own "Lean Times in Lanhkmar" in Berkeley in the late seventies. Leiber had the most amazing Shakespearean delivery which suited Dunsany's fantastic prose.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing that story! As a trained thespian (and son of a thespian), Leiber's performance must have been tremendous. I've only heard him speak in old interviews that are available here on RU-vid, and I agree that he had a marvelous way of speaking.

@billbadson7598 11 месяцев назад

I can’t recommend Dunsany enough. Every single thing he’s written. If you go through all his stories, you can see his influence on so many modern genres. I’m confident he was also a direct influence on HP Lovecraft, as some of his stories (especially in Gods of Pegana, and Time and the Gods) involve similar themes of vastly powerful, inscrutable, terrifying beings who aren’t aware enough of your existence to even consider you. His writing is fun to read, too. Every sentence is like poetry. It’s hard to describe without experiencing it, but there are no plain descriptive lines. Every sentence is art.

@yegenek 11 месяцев назад

Particularly "Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" where the influence of Dunsany is very apparent.

@kgoblin5084 11 месяцев назад

It's not even really a debate, Lovecraft pretty much cited that he was influenced by Dunsany.

@akv-e5t 10 месяцев назад

Lovecraft cites him as one of his influences on "The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature"

@PAUL-ge1kl 8 месяцев назад

Lovecraft tried to imitate him early on. He gave in in the end. One of those: often imitated. Never equalled

@andreasboe4509 11 месяцев назад

"His use of language is precise and poetic. His choice of words conveys specific tones and emotions, and he imbues them with a poetic rhytm." Very well put. I can't think of a better description of Mr Library Ladder.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

That's very kind of you to say so. :)

@anthonybird546 11 месяцев назад

Dunsany's fantasies feel to me like the literary equivalent of art nouveau. Just gorgeous. Also I hit the Subscribe button so fast

@wxwaxone 11 месяцев назад

That’s the best capsule description of Dunsany’s style I e ever heard. Brilliant comment.

@PAUL-ge1kl 8 месяцев назад

Well said. Tales like beautiful ornate miniatures

@qwqwqwqw99 11 месяцев назад

I normally have trouble picturing scenes in my head but when I read Dunsany it's like that part of my brain finally works. Like the words are doing all the work.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

That's a great way of describing it. Thanks for sharing!

@CyrusB1 11 месяцев назад

This was fascinating. I've heard "Lord Dunsany" as an author kicked around for years, but never considered him as the inspiration behind Robert E. Howard & Tolkien (which, of course, they must have had their loves as well) I learned a lot from your videos. Thank you

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

Oh yeah, I read Lord Dunsany's stories, at least half of his repertoire, and they're *great*.

@michaelk.vaughan8617 11 месяцев назад

Every video you make is a cause for celebration, but this one is particularly important. Few seem to read Dunsany nowadays and he is so worth reading.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Michael! I first encountered Dunsany's works when I was in about ten years old. Some of his Jorkens tales were included in three Alfred Hitchcock anthologies from the 1960s I found in my elementary school library and that were published for kids: Ghostly Gallery, Sinister Spies, and Davy Jones' Haunted Locker. Those anthologies (and others in the series) are full of classic stories originally written for adults by some of the all-time great authors.

@quixotiq 11 месяцев назад

Lyrical beyond the texts we know :)

@Akril 11 месяцев назад

I was hoping this video would be about Dunsany. I first discovered his work on the Internet Archive, and I was amazed at how *pure* his work felt, and how beautifully elements of classical mythology, traditional fairy tales and the (then) modern world are all woven together in his stories. Very nice video!

@leoden49 11 месяцев назад

That blew me away. A wonderful presentation of an extraordinary writer. I can't wait for your audible edition of The Book Of Wonder. Bravo! Bravo!

@elijahtrevino5347 11 месяцев назад

A RU-vid channel that looks at the historical development of the fantasy genre! Never thought I needed one so badly! Thank you for the amazing content.

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

I love it!

@gingerannamae6308 11 месяцев назад

Fabulous. Dunsany was an absolute master. I'm so glad someone finally recognizes his genius.

@pjurchen 11 месяцев назад

This whole channel is a revelation. I stumbled across it a few months back and have been using your recommendations in my own exploration of and reading on the roots of modern fantasy. This video is quite helpful. Thank you!

@PaisleySundance 11 месяцев назад

I love when fantasy authors utilize soft worldbuilding. It reminds me of having vivid childhood memories of a specific place, like a store or a playground, where not knowing the context of the wider world beyond that area made everything seem so much more vast. For me, the more I learned about the physical boundaries of Tolkien's Arda or the points on his timeline, the less vast and magical his world seemed than when it was just hobbits and dwarves journeying over mountaintops.

@jarltrippin 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, as I get older I realise that the overwhelming majority of fantasy does _not_ play to the genre's strengths. Imo fantasy should be a playground for prose and atmosphere (things most authors and readers do not care for), something of an ethereal quality to it, like something just beyond your grasp. It's why Malazan, The Children of Húrin, Earthsea, Prince of Nothing and, my favourite, Book of the New Sun work so well for me. Creating a unique, epic world is all well and good but it means nothing to me if characters think and talk the same way we do.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

That's a great point about stories potentially losing some of their magic when the worldbuilding becomes too extensive.

@heorot6335 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this great video. Lord Dunsany deserves to be more widely rediscovered among readers.

@thelibraryladder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I completely agree.

@groofay 11 месяцев назад

Dunsany is one of those I've heard of by name, but haven't looked into. So thanks for introducing me to him! I'm looking forward to reading his work, and hearing your audiobook when you release it.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! You (and others like you) are my target audience for this video. Most fantasy readers today haven't ever read Dunsany (and many probably haven't even heard of him), and I want to encourage people to give him a try. Some of his short stories have a definite Twilight Zone feel to them (despite being written many decades before the TV show, which shows the influence he had on the show's writers).

@juricadogan3870 11 месяцев назад

Lord Dunsany is the most underrated writer who ever walked this planet. Enjoyed him more than Poe or Lovecraft...

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

@@juricadogan3870 Poe and Dunsany are great!

@DawnDavidson 11 месяцев назад

Wow, I am glad to hear you’ll be recording these. I was struck by you wonderful voice as you narrated this episode. As a fan of Tolkien, the Inklings, and their mentors and inspirations, I had read a bit of MacDonald and Dunsany many years back, when I was a teen in the 1970’s. Thanks for this reminder to explore Dunsany’s works again.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! In a future video, I plan to feature MacDonald, William Morris, E.R. Eddison, James Branch Cabell and several other early pioneers of the fantasy genre.

@DawnDavidson 11 месяцев назад

@@thelibraryladder Wonderful! All worth some time for sure. :) I look forward to it! :D

@sirridesalot6652 10 месяцев назад

I discovered Lord Dunsany and his THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER when I was searching RU-vid for songs sung by Mary Hopkins. She sings LIRAZEL which is an absolute delight. From that song I discovered the full musical work THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER which I enjoyed so much that I purchased the book in bother softcover and hardcover. I enjoyed the book immensely. Mary Hopkins singing LIRAZEL is a fantastic song that children as well as adults could enjoy a lot. Its an exceptionally descriptive song that invokes many images some of them quite humourous.

@thelibraryladder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing that! I wasn't aware of that album's existence. I just listened to Mary Hopkin's recording of Lirazel here on RU-vid, and you're right, it's lovely. My only previous familiarity with her was the 1968 song Those Were the Days, which I loved as a kid.

@ryanbartlett672 11 месяцев назад

Read my first book of his, "Elf Land's Daughter", and loved it! Sentences oozed honey!

@macklinfanning4318 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your work on this!

@GypsyRoSesx 11 месяцев назад

It is so uncanny that you should release this video today when I have been researching pre-1940 Fantasy all morning. (note: For genre-fiction I'm an SF reader and have barely read any fantasy--but my approach when I read anything is to try to start at the beginning--for example: I haven't read any contemporary fantasy but I have read George MacDonald.) This is a fantastic video by the way. Your content is excellent and it’s astounding that you have the actual old edition books to match! An incredibly fine library!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! For more pre-1940 fantasy reading suggestions, you might check out my video about the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series that features a lot of early fantasy works (and for many of the titles, those Ballantine editions are the easiest to obtain). I also have several more videos planned that will focus more in depth on early (pre-Tolkien) fantasy authors who are often overlooked these days and deserve to be read, including MacDonald, Morris, Eddison, and Cabell, among others. I've been a book collector for more than 40 years, and it's been a labor of love for me.

@conorquinn607 11 месяцев назад

Another great video, and spot on in every detail!

@eleintblood 11 месяцев назад

I had seen his name floating around the Dungeon Crawl Classics' Adventures in Fantasy blog, but I decided to read his works after your brief but potent mention of his influence in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series video. I read King of Elfland's Daughter, the Charwoman's Shadow and The Book of Wonder in one week. I felt like a child again. It shook me and now I can't get enough. Thanks for another amazing video.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! That's exactly what I want my videos to do -- generate interest in reading somewhat overlooked but still rewarding authors and books. I'm so glad you enjoyed the reading experience.

@calliope9th217 11 месяцев назад

Get your hands on Curse of the Wise Woman and The Blessing off Pan. Thank me later ;)

@eleintblood 11 месяцев назад

@@calliope9th217 added to the list. Thank you!

@Diana-ch8cv 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for putting a spotlight on Dunsany! This is a wonderful tribute that I hope leads more people to experience his work

@coffemuse 11 месяцев назад

I'm excited for the upcoming audiobook! And thank you for bringing Lord Dunsany to the forefront of my mind - he has until now been only at the back of it and I've never tried his work.

@buddhabillybob 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Can't wait for the audio version.

@rickkearn7100 11 месяцев назад

Superb overview of Dunsany, TLL. Riveting. The density of information regarding his works, and your descriptions of his style are almost overwhelming. Drinking from the firehose, as they say. Well done! Cheers.

@katlafae9487 11 месяцев назад

Oddly i needed to hear this to embrace my creativity thank you for awakening my knowledge of dunsany. There some unique beauty and mystery to Ireland which fascinated me ever since I was a little girl.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Wonderful! I'm glad I could be of service to you. I hope you enjoy exploring his works. :)

@FP-in1kq 6 месяцев назад

What a summary! thank you :)

@PulpHerb 11 месяцев назад

In her collection of essays on literary analysis of speculative fiction, Ursula LeGuin contends that every fantasy writer goes through a period of writing Dunsany pastiche. When she wrote in the 70s I have not doubt that was true. I do not think it is today and that is a great loss. Even though we cannot duplicate him even trying to imitate the language and style will show up later as better writing in general. Thank you for making this video. Too often on YT, discussion of the history of fantasy start at either Tolkien or Howard without looking at Dunsany, much less Morrison and others.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for your thoughtful comment! I was tempted to use that quote from Le Guin in this video, but I worried that it might deter viewers from reading Dunsany. My hope is that this video will encourage more people (including aspiring writers) to read his works. More broadly, I'm also trying to shine a spotlight into the often overlooked corners of genre histories. I plan to feature MacDonald, Morris, Eddison and Cabell, among other early fantasy writers, in future videos.

@LiamsLyceum 11 месяцев назад

For my last semester of my undergraduate degree I did a presentation on Dunsany, largely on The King of Elfland’s Daughter. Good stuff!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Have you read much of his short fiction? His short stories are where he really shines the brightest, in my opinion.

@LiamsLyceum 11 месяцев назад

@@thelibraryladderI haven’t read much but I have read some and definitely plan on reading more

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

@@thelibraryladder His short stories are by far the best I've ever read of English or Irish literature.

@keithdonohue4631 11 месяцев назад

Dunsany's writing is such a treasure. Thanks for this video!

@simonfloden1221 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for teaching me how to pronounce the name of one of my favourite writers. I never knew. I still remember reading him for the first time. I had picked up a copy of The King of Elfland's Daughter on a whim, having heard about his influence on Lovecraft and Tolkien, to read on a flight. I almost missed my connection in Amsterdam because I got too engrossed reading it.

@WakingUpToday213 11 месяцев назад

Wonderful overview.

@josephd5879 11 месяцев назад

Another great video about fantasy and with very well researched content. Watching this video brought back memories of reading Lord Dunsany starting with The Gods of Pegana and also thinking of Tolkien's The Silmarillian. I was hoked and read other Lord Dunsany books from the Ballentine fantasy collection.

@arcanemuses 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this wonderfully informative video.

@nathanscarlett4772 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. It was amazing!

@Kathy-ub8ur Месяц назад

I am so glad that when I worked at MIT's college bookstore, I came across THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER. It was (and remains) the most beautiful prose I have ever read.

@ceberuss_yt8266 11 месяцев назад

Awesome video. 👌 , i didn’t know very much about Lord Dunsany or his work. Thanks, always a pleasure to Watch your videos and Looking forward to sampling Dunsany with your audio version of the book of wonder.

@BooksForever 11 месяцев назад

I appreciated the pronunciation guidance; going this extra mile makes you my hero for the day!

@emmaphilo4049 11 месяцев назад

I always love to hear about fantasy writers, thanks for sharing!

@MementoMorituri 11 месяцев назад

Mind blown🤯. I'd heard of Lord Dunsany, but didn't know he was such a badass. Awesome.

@dires 11 месяцев назад

A truly delightful channel.

@darillus1 Месяц назад

he's criminally unknown, hopefully videos like this will shine a bit more light on the Dunsany's vast canon of magical short stories

@JJasonHicks 11 месяцев назад

Another great episode. I feel like I sat in on a college course. Thank you, Bridger!

@Joshmosis2.0 11 месяцев назад

I could listen to you describe things all day, in your ultra pleasant cadence. I can't wait to hear your audio narrations of these stories! I already wanted to read Dunsany after Bookpilled's review of Elfland's Daughter, but I had no idea who the man was. Thank you for your in-depth videos!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@MarcelaBellyDance 6 месяцев назад

All of your videos are a gem! Thank you 🙏

@thelibraryladder 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm very glad you enjoy them.

@alexiskiri9693 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for bringing this unsung hero into the open. He needs to be discussed and named more often as a major and important writer.

@wanderingpoet9999 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely fascinating thank you for sharing this

@jamesaron1967 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for bring this author and his works to our attention.

@MusicMike939 11 месяцев назад

Very well done. I really have a lot of reading to do.

@wileyschmitt 11 месяцев назад

Amazing video Bridger! Thank you! Looks like it's been very well received as well :)

@jacobsipes 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your service!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

It's my pleasure. I have a lot of fun making these videos.

@ericadler9680 10 месяцев назад

Great overview and analysis, thank you. And you've got a great voice too, I wish you much success with your audio recordings.

@thelibraryladder 10 месяцев назад

Much appreciated!

@myowngenesis 11 месяцев назад

Dude, even the most effective ASMR vids dont even come close to how soothing your voice is. Subbed gladly

@Paromita_M 11 месяцев назад

Great informative video, as always much to learn. Have only read King of Elfland's Daughter. Lots to look up. Thank you. 🙏🏽

@stasiaspade1169 11 месяцев назад

Loved this! Just subscribed!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, and welcome aboard!

@sweetalice7475 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this!

@WishPaintStudios 11 месяцев назад

I love watching your videos, I learn something new in all of them. I also have so many new books to check out! I’m currently writing fantasy novel. I hope it’s at least a little good. Wish me luck.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, and I wish you the best of luck!

@Yarblocosifilitico 11 месяцев назад

Good luck, stick with it to the end!

@croydthoth 11 месяцев назад

Good luck and remember the first draft doesn't have to be any good, it just has to BE.

@franciscampagna2711 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. Been so long since I read his works. I must return to him.

@gleeeshee 11 месяцев назад

Fascinating - i love your videos keep them coming i look forward to them 😉

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm glad you like them.

@bryantroyer8008 11 месяцев назад

Subscribed. Great video.

@juniorjames7076 11 месяцев назад

Suscribed!!! A channel after my own heart!!

@alexkalish8288 11 месяцев назад

You nailed this one - one of my favorite writers when I was in college.

@Strideo1 11 месяцев назад

I've actually read The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany and I was impressed by how beautifully written it was and I liked the dream-like atmosphere.

@jbtechcon7434 11 месяцев назад

Well, thank you. I need to look some stories of his!

@nobodytosomebody2725 11 месяцев назад

I love your editing. Great video.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Edo9River 11 месяцев назад

I’m blown away by this video 😊😊

@josephteller9715 11 месяцев назад

I've only read a few of his works, so I look forward to the audio recordings you are planning.

@BookishChas 11 месяцев назад

Bridger, this was really good! I’ve been wanting to try out Dunsany, and you’ve given me some awesome information on options.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Chas. As I mentioned in the video, I think The Book of Wonder and The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories are good entry points to Dunsany's works.

@BookishChas 11 месяцев назад

@@thelibraryladder thank you so much! I’ll look to start there

@saraopie3677 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for a fascinating video, so informative and you have a beautiful voice.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you kindly!

@kjmav10135 11 месяцев назад

I just stumbled on this video. Oh my goodness, I could listen to your voice forever. So glad you’re recording novels.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm going to start small by narrating short stories before graduating to novel-length works. :)

@twilightguardian 10 месяцев назад

Gotta be honest, I stopped this video a month ago at the 8 minute mark and went to find a PDF of The King of Elfland's Daughter and read it. It's great! Now I guess to finish the video lol

@thelibraryladder 10 месяцев назад

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for coming back. You should give some of his short fiction a try now. I think his collection The Book of Wonder is great starting point.

@marshalsea000 11 месяцев назад

Another great video, on another largely forgotten figure post Gen-X. Hooray for news on the audiobooks! I look forward to them doing good to my inner being.

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

More fantasy pre-Tolkien authors deserve their due.

@tigerhorse6321 10 месяцев назад

Oh thank you for the Sidney Sime shoutout. I absolutely adore his work.

@Midnightnoise347 11 месяцев назад

So, I have only just found your channel and have to say your content and the delivery have gained you a new subscriber. I have watched 5 so far it’s a shame it’s the day time here you’ve such soothing voice is going it has relaxed me too well and I’ve cooking to do. Thank you for being so passionate about books.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! Please don't burn or cut yourself! Should I put a warning banner at the start of my videos? :D

@davidgreen424 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, TLL, I've never heard of Dunsany , but now I will certainly search for his writings.

@chinocracy 11 месяцев назад

This is essential stuff to know, I hadn't known about him before. Being a Michael Moorcock and Robert E. Howard fan, I feel that I had unfairly missed him. Thanks for this.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

It's amazing to me how many authors from different corners of the fantasy genre were directly influenced by Dunsany, particularly when his works weren't widely reprinted after their initial publication.

@paulm5935 11 месяцев назад

Thank-you for tying everything together in the final segmet. By the time you said, I had hoped some or all of his works had reverted to the public domain. Then, I much appreciated your "starting point" recommendations. I'm looking forward go giving him a try! Paul M Atlanta, GA

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Great! I hope you enjoy his works as much as I do.

@williamkline7922 11 месяцев назад

Omg this dude’s voice. I just clicked on this video from my feed. The last thing I was expecting a natural geographic documentary narrating voice when I saw a dude on a desk chatting about books. The audio set up and voice work for this video is insane.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@aaronmackenzie1907 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for doing a video about Dunsany! I couldn’t believe it when I saw it! I’m a Canadian currently living in London, and I spend a lot of time trying and failing to find Dunsany books in all of London’s wonderful bookstores. I wish more people knew about him and championed his work!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

You are so welcome! I want more people to know about and read Dunsany too.

@drawingsimpleton4827 11 месяцев назад

i just discovered your channel and I am instantly hypnotized by your voice.

@carlosbranca8080 11 месяцев назад

I only have from Dunsany the collection by Lin Carter Over the Hills and Far Away but i have read online a few more of his more famous stories not included there. Many of his tales have this oniric quality, I don't remember much details but just the feeling of dreamlike wonder. Excellent video as always! Take care.

@comradestannis 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, the "irony" seems to be very "fabulistic," like something from Aesop's Fables.

@StephenDruesedow 11 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this author retrospective. Thanks!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

I'm so glad!

@amalathisdreaming 11 месяцев назад

Never heard of Dunsany and his works and will definitely look for his books after this video. A lot of books featured in the video sound right up my alley.

@sandwichdelta 11 месяцев назад

I'm looking forward to listening to your audiobook recordings.

@leeburks4540 5 месяцев назад

'Idle Days on the Yann' is like revisiting the house you grew up in, every time I re read it.

@JohnHoranzy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting this. Just ordered a few of his books from eBay.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

@elenaml2635 11 месяцев назад

I had only read some of Dunsany's stories that had been in Cthulhu Mythos collections so I had no idea that he had influenced so many more genres!! Being from Spain myself, now I am very curious to read those novels set in my country. Also, I have to say that I am so happy that the youtube algorithm recommended this video. The video itself is fantastic and your voice is so calm and soothing! Immediately, I thought: "wow, this man needs to do auidobooks." Surprise, surprise, you do! I can't wait for your audiobook version of the Book of Wonder. Off to watch some more of your videos! Keep up the amazing work!

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I hope you enjoy Don Rodriguez and The Charwoman's Shadow as much as I do (if not more). :)

@Videosyncrasy 11 месяцев назад

Had a nice little feeling of satisfaction when I guessed who it was before clicking on the video. Really nice summary of his work.

@kirstencorby8465 11 месяцев назад

Very informative, TFS.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@hardstylelife5749 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting video, I didn’t even know the guy, thank you! Btw you’ve the most relaxing sounding voice I’ve ever heard.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@picardkid 11 месяцев назад

When I recommend Dunsany to someone, I tell them he will put them to sleep, and I tell them that I mean that in the best way. Not out of boredom, but out of eagerness to dream.

@thelibraryladder 11 месяцев назад

Nice description!