The story consists of alternating sections set on Earth and in Zimiamvia. The Earth sections focus on the romance of Edward Lessingham and his wife Mary. The Zimiamvian sections describe King Mezentius, described as "tyrant of Fingiswold, Meszria and Rerek", foiling a plot against his Vicar in Rerek, and then the romance of his illegitimate son Barganax with the Lady Fiorinda. The fish dinner of the title turns into a symposium on Eddison's metaphysics.
Much is revealed about the connection between principal characters and the separate worlds of the novel, as well as to The Worm Ouroboros (1922), not fully resolved in the other novels in the trilogy. The character of Lessingham is also resolved to its greatest extent in all the novels of the trilogy.
A Fish Dinner in Memison overlaps chronologically with The Mezentian Gate, but since the action starts later than in that work, it can be considered chronologically as the second novel in the series.
Sourcesedit
Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 107.
fish, dinner, memison, 1941, fantasy, novel, english, writer, eddison, second, zimiamvian, trilogy, first, editionauthore, eddisoncountryuklanguageenglishserieszimiamvian, trilogygenrefantasypublisherduttonpublication, date1941media, typeprint, hardcover, page. A Fish Dinner in Memison is a 1941 fantasy novel by English writer E R Eddison the second in his Zimiamvian Trilogy A Fish Dinner in MemisonFirst editionAuthorE R EddisonCountryUKLanguageEnglishSeriesZimiamvian TrilogyGenreFantasyPublisherDuttonPublication date1941Media typePrint hardcover Pagesiii 349Preceded byThe Mezentian Gate Followed byMistress of Mistresses The story consists of alternating sections set on Earth and in Zimiamvia The Earth sections focus on the romance of Edward Lessingham and his wife Mary The Zimiamvian sections describe King Mezentius described as tyrant of Fingiswold Meszria and Rerek foiling a plot against his Vicar in Rerek and then the romance of his illegitimate son Barganax with the Lady Fiorinda The fish dinner of the title turns into a symposium on Eddison s metaphysics Much is revealed about the connection between principal characters and the separate worlds of the novel as well as to The Worm Ouroboros 1922 not fully resolved in the other novels in the trilogy The character of Lessingham is also resolved to its greatest extent in all the novels of the trilogy A Fish Dinner in Memison overlaps chronologically with The Mezentian Gate but since the action starts later than in that work it can be considered chronologically as the second novel in the series Sources editBleiler Everett 1948 The Checklist of Fantastic Literature Chicago Shasta Publishers p 107 External links editA Fish Dinner in Memison at Faded Page Canada nbsp This article about a 1940s fantasy novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Fish Dinner in Memison amp oldid 1174723222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
