So, I knew that one of Lord Dunsany's books was reviewed by Aleister Crowley. What I did not know until a few days ago is that Crowley critiques Dunsany in passing, in what might have made for an interesting blurb.
The passage in question comes three-quarters of the way through Crowley's occult novel THE MOON CHILD (1917). Crowley writes
Lord Dunsany's stories are
the perfect prose jewels
of a master cutter and polisher,
lit by the rays of an imagination
that is the godlike son
of the Father of All Truth and Light;
[page 209 chapter 18:
The Dark Side of the Moon]
---John R.
--current reading: THE JOURNAL OF JULIUS RODMAN by Edgar Poe (best described as 'Poe does Lewis & Clark').
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I put some study in to Crowley 15 years or so ago (he had a interesting connection with JFC Fuller, an important figure in military history). But I cannot imagine trying to read The Moon Child, it sounded more painful then reading on of Gygax's novels.
I hope you will share your thoughts on Crowley's work when you are done, he gets far more attention then his limited intellectual stature and charlatanism warrants, but I find it fascinating the way he continually pops up in pop culture.
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