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Dunsany also wrote many plays, which seem to be mostly forgotten, much like his other work. His works vary greatly in tone and style, which is particularly apparent in a recent collection from Penguin that spans most of his career.
 
Dunsany's influence on later fantasy is usually overshadowed by [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] (who himself cited Dunsany as one of his inspirations), but he was very famous in his day. The dreamlike prose of his early work is particularly addictive and frequently imitated by those who read him. For that reason, [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] dubbed him "the First Terrible Fate That Befalleth Unwary Beginners in Fantasy".
 
* [[H.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]] was a great admirer of Dunsany's early work and his Dream Cycle is clearly influenced by Pegāna and Dunsany's own [[Dream Land]] tales.
* [[Neil Gaiman (Creator)|Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Stardust (Literaturenovel)|Stardust]]'' shows certain similarities with ''The King of Elfland's Daughter'' and echoes Dunsany's phrase 'the lands we know'.
* Tolkien's Ulmo is described in very similar terms to Dunsany's Slid, whose soul is by the sea and whose voice is in all waters and all who hear that call must wander until they at last reach the sea. In his storm-causing aspect, Slid resembles the Maia Osse; both are described as 'exulting' or 'rejoicing' when raising a storm.
* 'The Sword of Welleran'' was greatly admired by [[Robert E Howard|Robert E. Howard]], creator of [[Conan the Barbarian]], and may be considered one of the starting points of [[Sword and Sorcery]] fantasy. It shares this place with 'The Fortress Unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth.'
* Dunsany's influence has extended to anime series such as ''[[Haibane Renmei]]'', ''[[Simoun]]'', and ''[[SoSora Rano No wo ToWoto]]''.
 
Dunsany saw action in the Second Boer War and [[World War I]] as a member of the Coldstream Guards and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was also an excellent chess player and developed [[wikipedia:Dunsanychr(27)s chess|Dunsany's Chess]], a variant that pits a standard set of pieces against 32 pawns.
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* ''[[The Charwomans Shadow]]''
* ''[[The Gods of Pegana]]''
* ''[[The King of ElflandsElfland's Daughter]]''
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=== Other works by Lord Dunsany provide examples of: ===
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