A review by spoth
The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany

5.0

An Irish lord, in the style of the King James Bible, wrote short stories that were a deep influence on Lovecraft, Tolkien, and Le Guin - this was 1920 or thereabouts, when there was very little fantasy tradition. The tales are short, barely sketched in, yet atmospheric at the same time. All doomed cities and terrible fates awaiting foolhardy thieves, and some fantastic bits that take place at the edge of the (flat) world.