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').
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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.