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This is the book that shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction. J. R. R. Tolkien acclaimed its author as "the greatest and most convincing writer of 'invented worlds' that I have read." Written in the best traditions of Homeric epics, Norse sagas, and Arthurian myths, it recounts... read more

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First Sentence

THE EASTERN stars were paling to the dawn as Lessing-ham followed his conductor along the grass walk between the shadowy ranks of Irish yews, that stood like soldiers mysterious and expectant in the darkness.

Authors & Contributors

  1. E. R. Eddison (Author)

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  1. adventure
  2. classic
  3. er eddison
  4. fantasy 
 

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