Land of Unreason
core novel 1942 Land of Unreason
Record
| First published | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.50 (218 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671656126 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
On Midsummer’s Eve, tradition says, a bowl of milk should be left out for the fairies. Fred Barber, an American diplomat recovering in the Yorkshire countryside during the Second World War, drinks the milk meant for them and leaves a substitute, and the rightful recipient, drunk and offended, takes revenge by carrying him off to the Land of Faerie as a changeling, a fate usually kept for infants. Barber, a practical man who believes only what he sees, finds himself at the court of King Oberon and Queen Titania among elves, sprites and goblins living matter-of-factly in a world of magic. To earn his way home he must undertake a mission for Oberon in a realm beset by a menace that echoes the war in his own world, and where nothing turns out as expected, least of all Barber himself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Land of Unreason
- Series: Land of Unreason core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: L. Sprague de Camp
- Author: Fletcher Pratt
Notes
- First published in Unknown Worlds, October 1941; first book edition 1942. Reissued in 1970 as volume ten of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.
- From the series record (Land of Unreason): Standalone novel.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Land of Unreason
- Amazon: Land of Unreason (Baen, 1987)
- Google Books: Land of Unreason (Thorndike, 2002)
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