A Dreamer's Tales
Lord Dunsany
Read by David Mack
"A Dreamer's Tales" is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock and others.
"A Dreamer's Tales" is a collection of sixteen fantasy short stories, and varies from the wistfulness of "Blagdaross" to the horrors of "Poor Old Bill" and "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" to the social satire of "The Day of the Poll."
(text from Wikipedia articles on Lord Dunsany and "A Dreamer's Tales") (3 hr 55 min)
Chapters
Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean | 27:10 | Read by David Mack |
Blagdaross | 11:18 | Read by David Mack |
The Madness of Andelsprutz | 9:53 | Read by David Mack |
Where the Tides Ebb and Flow | 12:16 | Read by David Mack |
Bethmoora | 10:06 | Read by David Mack |
Idle Days on the Yann | 39:46 | Read by David Mack |
The Sword and the Idol | 14:06 | Read by David Mack |
The Idle City | 13:29 | Read by David Mack |
The Hashish Man | 12:46 | Read by David Mack |
Poor Old Bill | 12:51 | Read by David Mack |
The Beggars | 7:31 | Read by David Mack |
Carcassone | 31:11 | Read by David Mack |
In Zaccarath | 8:26 | Read by David Mack |
The Field | 8:14 | Read by David Mack |
The Day of the Poll | 7:04 | Read by David Mack |
The Unhappy Body | 9:52 | Read by David Mack |
Reviews
Dreams Woven by Words
Sandrainia3
Do not plan on getting anything done during the time your listening to this reading. The word pictures this author draws within your mind are just too intense .
Great stories
Rumor Pounce
I love Dunsany's words, descriptions and concentrated ideas. This is an excellent collection of stories that has inspired writers for roughly a hundred years now. excellent and inspiring.
An interesting collection, best smapled in pieces.
Timothy Ferguson
An interesting series of early fantasy stories, marred, if I may use so strong a word, by Dunsany’s continual use of melancholic death as a motif. His technique is good, but because he keeps hitting the same notes, his work is best read in small snatches, separated by other work. Recommended to fans of whimsical, rather than heroic, fantasy. This review was first posted on <a href="https://gcbooks.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">book coasters</a>
Good Book
George Danar
Listen to this book mainly because the great authors it is said to have partly influenced. It was entertaining and the reader did a good job. But since the stories were no where near my favorites due to my personal tastes I could not give five stars. Other listeners and reviewers might justifiably give them however.
Original
Brindle
Probably some of the most original material I've ever heard. Most of these stories are told from a perspective which hasn't been considered before.
A LibriVox Listener
The readers are excellent the stories are interesting
Interesting book
PC
Interesting book and excellent reader
Zach
nothing quite like Dunsany. great reader!