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A review by colinandersbrodd
The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
5.0
Tales of Wonder from an Appendix N Master
I continue delving into the short weird fiction of Lord Dunsany with the Book of Wonder, which seems to mostly concern fantasy and weird fiction crossovers between the dream worlds of Dunsany (which influenced Lovecraft's Dreamlands heavily) and the waking world of the author. Hence, many characters know both London and the fantastic realms of Dunsany's imagination. The imaginative fiction had clear influences on D&D as part of Appendix N (e.g., the gnolls, originally "gnoles," first appeared in one of these stories - the 2017 Free RPG Day offering for Dungeon Crawl Classics featured an homage to these origins, the short module "Gnole House") and other authors (particularly H.P. Lovecraft, of course). Great stuff.
I continue delving into the short weird fiction of Lord Dunsany with the Book of Wonder, which seems to mostly concern fantasy and weird fiction crossovers between the dream worlds of Dunsany (which influenced Lovecraft's Dreamlands heavily) and the waking world of the author. Hence, many characters know both London and the fantastic realms of Dunsany's imagination. The imaginative fiction had clear influences on D&D as part of Appendix N (e.g., the gnolls, originally "gnoles," first appeared in one of these stories - the 2017 Free RPG Day offering for Dungeon Crawl Classics featured an homage to these origins, the short module "Gnole House") and other authors (particularly H.P. Lovecraft, of course). Great stuff.