tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241242812688767390.post8124391822539267637..comments2023-08-28T20:47:38.757+12:00Comments on LYNNE JAMNECK: Lord Dunsany, “How Nuth Would Have Practiced his Art Upon the Gnoles,” 1912Lynne Jamneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09970372960602480125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241242812688767390.post-13677426414130185292012-06-09T10:20:49.795+12:002012-06-09T10:20:49.795+12:00I absoloutely have to read The King of Elfland'...I absoloutely have to read The King of Elfland's Daughter. 'm not familiar with Lud-in-the-Mist, so thanks for directing me that way.<br /><br />I think Dunsany's writing is very compressed, in the sense that he says a lot (or tries to) in very short pieces of actual writing. Maybe that's part of why I find some of his writing unsatisfying, or hard to access.Lynne Jamneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970372960602480125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241242812688767390.post-54381725999569878012012-06-09T02:27:36.745+12:002012-06-09T02:27:36.745+12:00The King of Elfland's Daughter is a very satis...The King of Elfland's Daughter is a very satisfying read that holds up well for the modern reader. Lud-in-the-Mist is probably a bit easier, where The Worm O{I won't try to spell the name without coffee in my system} I'm still trying to get into. I wanted to like Nuth because of how much I love tKoED, but as a weird tale I found it slight.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373436186947130771noreply@blogger.com