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The Book of Wonder By Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany THE BRIDE OF THE MAN-HORSE In the morning of his two hundred and fiftieth year Shepperalk the centaur went to the golden coffer, wherein the treasure of the centaurs was, and taking from it the hoarded amulet that his father, Jyshak, in the year of his prime, had hammered from mountain gold and set with opals bartered from the gnomes, he put it upon his wrist, and said no word, but walked from his mother's cavern. And he took with him too that clarion of the centaurs, that famous silver horn, that in its time had summoned to surrender seventeen cities of Man, and for twenty years had brayed at star-girt walls in the Siege of Tholdenblarna, the citadel of the gods, what time the centaurs waged their fabulous war and were not broken by any force of arms, but retreated slowly in a cloud of dust before the final mi |
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| Fantasy |
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| Reviews |
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Reviewer: thecrwth - 12/14/2007 6:36Subject: Bad reading, great stories If you don't mind a droning emotionless voice reading great fantasy stories, then this is for you! As an added bonus, it sounds like the reader was chewing gum, or had some annoying popping mouth malady that made me want to pierce my eardrums. |
Reviewer: booksarecool - 12/18/2007 9:21Subject: Somewhat agree with "thecrwth" While I didn't notice the 'popping mouth malady' that "thecrwth" mentioned, it was read with a dry delivery that did not linger enough on Dunsany's great words. Dunsany, and especially this book, deserve a reader, an actor, of high merit; not a well intentioned amateur. Still, I will not let my disappointment that the 'Book of Wonder' was not done all justice, lead me to insult a reader who obviously loves Dunsany as much as I do. In a world in which Dunsany is an obscure little known author, it seems overly cruel to castigate someone for trying to spread 'wonder' to others. |
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