At the Edge of the World is a collection of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 short stories by Irish author Lord Dunsany

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany...

, edited by Lin Carter

Lin Carter

Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...

. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

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 as the thirteenth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series

The Ballantine Adult Fantasy series was an imprint of Ballantine Books. Launched in 1969 , the series reissued a number of works of fantasy literature, which were out of print or dispersed in back issues of pulp magazines , in cheap paperback form—including works...

 in March 1970. It was the series' second Dunsany volume, and the first collection of his shorter fantasies assembled by Carter.

The book collects thirty short pieces by the author, with an introduction and afterword by Carter.

Contents

• "Introduction: The Dreams of Mānā-Yood-Sushāi" (Lin Carter
  Lin Carter
  Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...
  
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• "The Cave of Kai"
• "Of the Gods of Averon" (original title: "The Sorrow of Search")
• "Mlideen"
• "The King That Was Not"
• "The Men of Yarnith"
• "In the Land of Time"
• "Time and the Gods"
• "The Opulence of Yahn" (original title: "Usury")
• "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth"
• "Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean"
• "The Idle City"
• "Bethmoora"
• "Idle Days on the Yann"
• "The Hashish Man"
• "Carcassonne"
• "In Zaccarath"
• "The Dreams of King Karna-Vootra"
• "How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana"
• "The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller, and of the Doom That Befell Him"
• "The Avenger of Perdóndaris"
• "How the Dwarfs Rose Up in War" (original title: "A Petty Quarrel")
• "The Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men"
• "The Loot of Bombasharna"
• "The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolator"
• "The Bride of the Man-Horse"
• "The Quest of the Queen's Tears"
• "How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never"
• "A Day at the Edge of the World" (original title: "The Long Porter's Tale)
• "Erlathrodonion" (original title: "A Tale of the Equator")
• "Epilogue to The Book of Wonder
• "Afterword" (Lin Carter
  Lin Carter
  Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...
  
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