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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Lord Dunsany Stories That Appear In But One Book
“It is a long journey from London to World’s End”
Lord Dunsany
Dunsany’s Speculative-Fiction Books
General Notes on Lord Dunsany’s Works
(For convenience, this section is repeated atop each of the pages tabulated below.)
Dunsany was a prolific writer of works both in and out of the speculative-fiction mode. Moreover, a great deal of his work was short stories, and large numbers of collections, some original, some reprints exist; worse, many of these collections have complete, near-complete, or partial overlap, making the task of the reader who would explore Dunsany’s output in full a taxing one. I have here attempted to bring some order to a bibliography of Dunsany’s published works, including his entire oeuvre but focussing especially on his speculative-fiction output. Such a bibliography has been done in print by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer, but copies are expensive and it is not up to date (being from 1993). Also, the material here presents the data in several different forms, each of which, I hope, will have its utility for the reader.
The diligent may also find the Wikipedia bibliography of Dunsany of some interest (as a cross-check if nothing else), as well as the well-researched entries at the ISFDB.
The material here is presented in these different tabulations (one per page):
Tabulation:
Explanation:
All SpecFic Books
A simple list of all of Lord Dunsany’s fantasy and science-fiction books, showing publication year, type (novel/collection), and—for reprints—the amount of original material (if any).
All SpecFic, Listed
This is the above list, but greatly expanded to show the full list of stories in each book of collected stories.
SpecFic Stories
This is an alphabetical list of all of Lord Dunsany’s fantasy and science-fiction short stories, showing for each story all of the books in which it appears.
Unique SpecFic Stories
This is an alphabetical list of all of Lord Dunsany’s fantasy and science-fiction short stories that each appear in but a single book, plus a list of all of his books containing one or more stories unique to that book (with a count of unique stories in that book).
All Books
This list is similar to “All SpecFic Books” above, but also includes his non-speculative “mainstream” works (novels, stories, poems, essays, etc.); the speculative ones, however, are annotated as in the speculative-only list.
All Books, Listed
This is the above list, but greatly expanded to show the full list of stories in each book of collected stories, speculative and mainstream.
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Some few notes are in order. First, titles of both books and individual stories are my best attempt at “canonical”, but minor variants, notably in capitalization, are not uncommon in other lists (as, for example, between The Man Who Ate the Phoenix and The Man who Ate the Phoenix). Second, the canonical story titles are used even when the title as given in a particular reprint edition is quite different (that is almost entirely a matter of the Ballantine Dunsany collections edited by the well-meaning but sometimes-bumbling Lin Carter); in such cases, I have appended the title used with the notation (here titled Whatever). Third, the speculative-fiction listings omit anything but novels and stories (that is, no plays or poems, of which Dunsany produced not a few). Fourth, I have for internal sorting purposes labelled each of his speculative-fiction books as either Novel or Tales, but his non-speculative books are each either novel (lower-cased) or Stories (or, of course, whatever other form they may be, such as Poems or Plays or whatnot); there is no difference between the designations except whether the labelled works are speculative.
Note also that—as you might expect—most book titles, here and in the tabulation below, are click-on links each to a page that will show all editions of that book currently available for purchase new or used (through ABEBooks).
The reader wanting to acquire as much Dunsany as possible in as few volumes as possible will find listed in these pages all the “unique” speculative-fiction books—that is, those containing at least one story not appearing in any other published book. But, as that tabulation notes, that is scarcely all that one needs, because there are very many stories in none of those “unique” books, but repeated in many others. The bulk of Dunsany’s speculative fiction may be had in a collection comprising the volumes shown below (“apa” signifes “also published as”):
A Basic Lord Dunsany Speculative-Fiction Collection:
- The Tale Collections:
- The Novels:
The reader then wanting to “fill in the cracks” would need to add this to the collection:
There is also a set of—so far—six collections from the Pegana Press of “Lost Tales”; those have some slight overlap with some of the works in the books above, but seem to be mostly unique. I do not list them here as “Basic” because they are all extremely rare and three-digits expensive.
The listings above do not include the 2006 omnibus titled Tales of God and Men for the simple reason that it never existed past a few early review copies; it was scheduled for release in November of 2006, but was cancelled by the publisher in September of that year (I have been unable to determine why, but I’d guess copyright difficulties). It would have been an 8-volume omnibus, and the preferred main source for Dunsany, but what is, is (or, in this case, what isn’t, isn’t).
Some books wanting special comment: The Little Tales of Smethers, though thoroughly Dunsanian, is not speculative fiction save for (perhaps) one tale, and so is not included in the specfic lists. The half dozen “Jorkens” books of stories are of the classic form of the British “club tale”, told round the fireplace in a gentlemen’s club, but a substantial fraction of the tales are fantastic (or, occasionally, science-fictional), and even those that are not have that style and air one might call “far-awayness”; in any event it would be silly, very difficult, and ultimately pointless (as they are all collected together) to try to segregate individual Jorkens tales as to “speculative” or not.
Finally, even with all the recent “re-discovered” tales, there remains a body of yet-uncollected work, speculative and other. Jeff Wyonch has presented a list of uncollected Dunsany to which it would be supererogation to attempt to add (though, being from 2009, it may by now be dated).
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Lord Dunsany’s Unique Stories
The Table below shows each of Dunsany’s speculative-fiction short stories ever published in a book collection (with the possible exception of those in The Little Tales of Smethers, though I think but one tale in that book would be classed a fantasy) that appear in but a single book—and so are “unique”. The list also shows, of course, the unique book in which each occurs. There is a second, smaller table that is an “upside-down” form of this list—all unique books with all the tales in each—appearing farther down this page, as the grey “Quick page jumps” shows.
All Speculative-Fiction Tales Ocurring in But a Single Book:
- Absurd
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Advance Regulations
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- After-Dinner Speech, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Ardor Canis
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- As It Seems to the Blackbird
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- At Channel Rescue
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- At Midnight
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- At the Inn of the Two Adventurers
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- At the Scene of the Crime
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Autumn Cricket
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Awakening, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Awful Dream, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Blundering Curate, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Book of Flowery Tales, The
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Breeze at Rest, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Burrahoola, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- By Night in the Forest
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Cause, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Chambermaid of the Splendide, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Chess-Player, the Financier, and Another, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Choice, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Cook of Santamaria, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Correcting Nature
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Cup, The
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Dance at Weirdmoor Castle, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Death and the Poet
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Deed of Mercy, A
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Descent of the Sultan of Khash, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Down among the Kingcups
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Dreamer, The
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- Dwarf Holóobolos and the Sword Hogbiter, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Eight Wishes, The
(2012) Lost Tales, Volume 1 - Tales
- Emperor’s Crystal, The
(2013) Lost Tales, Volume 2 - Tales
- England
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- English Spirit, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Experiment, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Fable for Moderns, A
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- False Gods, The
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Field Where the Satyrs Danced, The
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Finding of Mr. Jupkens, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- First Watch-Dog, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Forty Years On
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Fuel
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Ghost in the Corner, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Ghost in the Old Corridor, The
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer, The
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Go-Ahead Planet, A
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Goat in Trousers, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Gondolas
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Gratitude of the Devil, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Greatest Painter in the World, The
(2013) Lost Tales, Volume 2 - Tales
- Great Scoop, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Greek Slave, The
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Hard Horses
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Haunting of Whitebeams, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- His Lone Interest
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Home of Herr Schnitzelhaaser, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Honorary Member, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- House Called Life, The
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- House of the Idol Carvers, The
(2013) Lost Tales, Volume 2 - Tales
- House with Two Storeys, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- How Abdul Din Saved Justice
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- How Mickey Paid His Debt
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- How the Lost Causes Were Removed from Valhalla
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- How the Tinker Came to Skavangur
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Imperial Monument, An
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- In an English Wood
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- In the Governor’s Palace
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- In the Hotel Lounge
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Investigation into the Causes and Origin of the War, An
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Iron Door, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Je-ne-sais-quoi, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Jetsam
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Jorkens’s Problem
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Kind Pagan Lights
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Lapse of Memory, A
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Last Scene of All
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Little Snow White Up to Date
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Little Tim Brannehan
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Lost Lyrics
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Lucky Escape, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Mad Ghost, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Man Who Ate the Phoenix, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Master of No Man’s Land, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Masterpiece of Creation League, The
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- Mid Snow and Ice
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Modern Portrait, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Motive, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Movement, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Mrs Mulger
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Mystery of the Invisible Letters, The
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Near Thing, A
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- New Look, The
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Old Detective's Story, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Old Emma
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Old England
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Old Man’s Tale, An
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- One More Tale
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- One Night in Eldorado
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Opal Arrow-Head, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Our Laurels
(2012) Lost Tales, Volume 1 - Tales
- Pens
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Possibility of Life on the Third Planet, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Prayer of the Men of Daleswood, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Price of the World, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Prince of Stamboul, The
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Progress
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Punishment, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Quiet Laugh, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Rations of Murdoch Finucan, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Revelation to Mr. Periple, The
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Road, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Romance
(2012) Lost Tales, Volume 1 - Tales
- Romance of His Life, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Rose By-pass, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Rose Tibbets
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Royal Swan, A
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Secret Order, The
(2013) Lost Tales, Volume 2 - Tales
- Sleuthing of Lily Bostum, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Sources of Information
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Splendid Traveller, The
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Stolen Power, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Story of Tse Gah, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Street of the Knaves, The
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- Sultan’s Pet, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Tale of Bad Luck, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Tale of Roscommon, A
(2014) Lost Tales, Volume 3 - Tales
- Tale of the Irish Countryside, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Tale of The Men of Baldfolk, The
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Tales for the Dark Continent
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Talk With a Spirit, A
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- Taste For Strategy, A
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Theory of Evolution, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Told Under Oath
(1980) The Ghosts Of The Heaviside Layer And Other Fantasms - Tales
- Traveller to Thundercliff, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Treasure of India, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- True Gods, The
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Two Degrees of Envy
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Two Songs
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- Two Young Officers
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Unforgiveable Choice, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Unknown and the Earth-Gods, The
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Use of Man, The
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Vengeance of Thor, The
(2016) The Men Of Baldfolk - Tales
- Very Secret
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Vision, A
(2018) Lost Tales, Volume 4 - Tales
- Vision, The
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
- Walk in the Wastes of Time, A
(2013) Lost Tales, Volume 2 - Tales
- Weeds and Wire
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- What Happened on the Night of the Twenty-Seventh
(2016) The Great Book Of Wonder - Tales
- When Mrs. Flynn Was Young
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Where Everyone’s Business Is Known
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Wind in the Wood, The
(1949) The Man Who Ate The Phoenix - Tales
- Witch in the Balkans, A
(2017) The Ghost In The Corner And Other Stories - Tales
- Witch of the Fells, A
(2021) Lost Tales, Volume 5 - Tales
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Lord Dunsany’s Unique Stories: Books
This little table will help you spot the volumes that would add the most to a Dunsany collection. (But good luck on Phoenix if you’re resident under United States copyright jurisdiction.)
All Books Containing One or More Unique Stories:
(The dates shown are of first publication.)
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