The Gods of Pegana
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · August 24, 2015
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- Who it’s for
- Enter a mythic imagination where Fate and Chance speak in an antique, ceremonial register.
- Themes
- Fate versus chance, Creation of gods
- Genres
- Fantasy Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Fairy Tales & Myths
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"In the mists before THE BEGINNING, Fate and Chance cast lots to decide whose the Game should be; and he that won strode through the mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: "Now make gods for Me, for I have won the cast and the Game is to be Mine." Who it was that won the cast, and whether it was Fate or whether Chance that went through the mists before THE BEGINNING to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI—none knoweth." "'The Gods of Pegana' is simply amazing" - New York Times.
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"A wonderfully sustained exercise in totally ironic fantasy which may never be beaten." - Gahan Wilson
Before the Beginning
Enter a mythic imagination where Fate and Chance speak in an antique, ceremonial register.
Come here for
- Creation myths with an unusual, gamesome first move
- The pleasure of a world built from questions
Expect
- Archaic, ceremonious language
- Mystery left pleasingly unresolved
Where it sits
| Fantasy Anthologies | 71% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 56% |
| Fairy Tales & Myths | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Fairy Tales & Myths
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Lord Dunsany
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- August 24, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Fate versus chance · Creation of gods
- Reading lane
- Fantasy Anthologies