Name: The Gods of Pegana
ISBN: 9781681463261

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Why This Clicks

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

Book Details

Authors: Lord Dunsany
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: August 24, 2015
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Greek & Roman Myths · Norse Myths
Reading lane: Greek & Roman Myths

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Publisher Categories

Fantasy Anthologies
Fairy Tales & Myths
Short Stories (Single Author)

About This Book

"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. "A wonderfully sust...

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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. "A wonderfully sustained exercise in totally ironic fantasy which may never be beaten." - Gahan Wilson