The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer by Lord Dunsany Sci Fi Short Story From the 1950s
Published 2024-07-16
When he discovered something mysterious in his ancient castle he asked a scientist for help. It worked! In fact, it worked too well. Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer by Lord Dunsany, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, we know him as Lord Dunsany the incredibly prolific author who published more than 90 books, and hundreds of short stories, plays and essays.
He was born in London in 1878, was raised partly in Kent. Dunsany lived much of his life in what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited house, Dunsany Castle. He was the chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland and during the 1910s was considered one of the greatest living writers of the English-speaking word.
Writers who were influenced by Dunsany include, Arthur C. Clarke, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Jorge Luis Borges, C. M. Kornbluth, Margaret St. Clair and many more.
Published in 1955 today’s story is one of his last, appearing in the April 1955 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine when he was 77. Turn to page 48, Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer by Lord Dunsany…
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All Comments (10)
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Fantastic! I love Lord Dunsany. I started reading his work when I saw that Jack Vance was influenced by his writing, If you don't know who he is, look him up. Thank you Scott.
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Thank you Scott.
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A perfect story for this channel 😂❤
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Thank you, Scott. I've got quite a few of your stories to get through 😊
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What a great name!! He probably figured, with a name like Lord Dulsany, better become a writer.
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😎✌
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This seems to be in the same vein as some of Stapledon's work.
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Great story if only you pronounced Dunsany correctly I wouldn't have had to smash this headset after listening to it.
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Pronounced Dun-sinny I think.
