Carl Waluconis's Reviews > Time and the Gods

What really intrigued me about this book was that I found an old copy with Beardley-esque drawings by S.H. Sime, except the drawings are even more fantasy-oriented. There are a number of tales revolving around the contested relationship between the Gods and Time. These are what Christians would call Pagan gods. You might guess who would win in the struggle between them and Time. The language is purposefully antiquated: "There nought shall hinder thee among thy dreams, for even the gods may harass thee no more when flesh and earth and events with which They bound thee shall have slipped away." So I think readers will either relax and get into it the poetic feel of the work, or think it is effected and back off. For me, the old illustrated edition put me in the mood for the language. The Irish author's "real" name is Edward Plunkett, but he was the actual 18th Baron of Dunsany.