On 16-2-2012 19:22, nemesis wrote:
> Interesting alternate history with bits from Dunsany, which also inspired
> Tolkien.  I've read a few stories from A Dreamer's Tales BTW...
>
>
I Like Dunsany, especially his earlier tales which I think are more 
original than is later work.

Alternate history is a fascinating intellectual exercise. I got also 
ideas for this from the reading of Stephen Runciman's History of the 
Crusades which masterfully exposes the extremely complex geopolitic and 
cultural developments of the ancient Middle East (as seen and 
experienced from all involved sides) and of which we still feel the 
echoes today.

Thomas

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