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Robert Holdstock Bibliography
This is a bibliography of fantasy author Robert Holdstock. Fiction Short stories * ''Pauper's Plot'', 1969 * ''Microcosm'', 1972 * ''Ash, Ash'', 1974 (also published under the title ''Ashes'') * ''The Graveyard Cross'', 1976 * ''Magic Man'', 1976 * ''On the Inside'', 1976 * ''The Time Beyond Age'', 1976 * ''Travellers'', 1976 * ''A Small Event'', 1977 * ''The Touch of a Vanished Hand'', 1977 * ''In the Valley of the Statues'', 1979 * ''Earth And Stone'', 1980 * ''Mythago Wood'', 1981 (novella) * ''Where Time Winds Blow'', 1981 * ''The Phantom of the Valley'', 1981 * ''Manchanged'', 1981 * ''Walking on the Shores of Time'', 1981 * ''Elite: The Dark Wheel'', 1984 (A novella based upon the computer game ''Elite'' by David Braben and Ian Bell) * ''The Boy who Jumped Rapids'', 1984 * ''Thorn'', 1986 * ''Scarrowfell'', 1987 * ''The Shapechanger'', 1989 * ''Time of the Tree'', 1989 * ''The Bone Forest'', 1991 * ''The Ragthorn'', 1991 (co-authored with Garry Kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Holdstock
Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celts, Celtic, Nordic countries, Nordic, Goths, Gothic and Picts, Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenres, fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. Holdstock broke into print in 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophy, philosophical, psychology, psychological, anthropology, anthropological, Spirituality, spiritual and forest, woodland themes. He received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel of 1985. Early life Robert Holdstock, the eldest of five children, was born in Hythe, Kent, Hythe, Kent. His father, Robert Frank Holdstock, was a police officer and his mother, Kathleen Madeline Holdstock, was a nurse. At the age of seven he started attending Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham Grammar School in the Medway, Medway Towns. He recalled that as a young adult he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avilion
''Avilion'' is a fantasy novel by British author Robert Holdstock. It was published in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2009. It is his first Ryhope wood novel since ''Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn'' was published in 1997. Avilion is Tennyson's term for Avalon in '' Idylls of the King''. Avilion is described by Tennyson as an island valley with ideal weather and fertile land. The novel ''Mythago Wood ''Mythago Wood'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, published in the United Kingdom in 1984. ''Mythago Wood'' is set in Herefordshire, England, in and around a stand of ancient woodland, known as Ryhope Wood. The story invo ...'' introduces tropes, terminology and a backstory that are built upon in ''Avilion''. Plot summary Avilion takes place after the events in ''Mythago Wood''. Steven Huxley and the mythago Guiwenneth have been living in Ryhope wood where they are raising their two children, each half-human, half-mythago. The older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliographies By Writer
Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography'' as a word having two senses: one, a list of books for further study or of works consulted by an author (or enumerative bibliography); the other one, applicable for collectors, is "the study of books as physical objects" and "the systematic description of books as objects" (or descriptive bibliography). Etymology The word was used by Greek writers in the first three centuries CE to mean the copying of books by hand. In the 12th century, the word started being used for "the intellectual activity of composing books." The 17th century then saw the emergence of the modern meaning, that of description of books. Currently, the field of bibliography has expanded to include studies that consider the book as a material object. Bibliography, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Evans (author)
Christopher D. Evans (born 1951 in Tredegar, Wales) is a British science fiction writer and children's author. His novels include ''Capella's Golden Eyes'' (1980); '' The Insider'' (1981); ''Mortal Remains'' (1995); and ''Ice Tower'' (2000). He is the co-editor (with Robert Holdstock) of three original SF anthologies, ''Other Edens'' (1987); ''Other Edens II'' (1988); and ''Other Edens III'' (1989). Evans won the BSFA award for the 1993 novel '' Aztec Century'', which Iain M. Banks described as '...intelligent, finely written, and towards the end, absolutely nail-biting.' In addition to his works for younger readers, he wrote the tie-in novelisation of the film ''Innerspace'' (1987). Evans published these books using a pseudonym. His book ''Omega'', an alternate history thriller, was released by PS Publishing in 2008. It was his first novel for adults in a decade. Selected works Series novels ;Hood's Army (as Nathan Elliott) The ''Hood's Army'' trilogy is a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other Edens
''Other Edens'' is an anthology edited by Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock published in 1987. Plot summary ''Other Edens'' is a collection containing 14 science fiction and fantasy stories by British authors. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''Other Edens'' for ''White Dwarf A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...'' #93, and stated that "excellent stuff by nifty authors from Aldiss to Watson." Reviews *Review by David V. Barrett (1987) in Vector 139 *Review by Faren Miller (1987) in Locus, #322 November 1987 *Review by Amy Thomson (1987) in Locus, #322 November 1987 *Review by Andy Robertson (1987) in Interzone, #22 Winter 1987 *Review by John Clute (1987) in Foundation, #40 Summer 1987 References {{reflist 1987 anthologies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Priest (novelist)
Christopher Priest (born 14 July 1943) is a British novelist and science fiction writer. His works include '' Fugue for a Darkening Island'', '' The Inverted World'', ''The Affirmation'', ''The Glamour'', ''The Prestige'', and '' The Separation''. Priest has been strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Wells Society. Early life Priest was born in Cheadle, Cheshire, England in 1943. As a child, Priest spent some time holidaying in the English county of Dorset. Here he explored the ancient hillfort of Maiden Castle, near Dorchester, which he would later use as the location for the novel A Dream of Wessex. Career Priest's first story, "The Run", was published in 1966. Formerly an accountant and audit clerk, he became a full-time writer in 1968. One of his early novels, ''The Affirmation'', concerns a traumatized man who apparently flips into a delusional world in which he experiences a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction (1978 Book)
''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' is a 1978 book of essays about the science fiction genre, largely as a literary form but also covering cinema, TV and illustration. Articles and Content The articles were written by a number of well known writers, critics, and editors, covering a number of topics, including the history of the genre, alien encounters, technology, and sci-fi art and cinema. The consultant editor was fantasy and science fiction author Robert Holdstock who also contributed a chapter on modern perceptions of science fiction. The foreword was written by Isaac Asimov. Other notable contributors include novelists Brian Stableford, Harry Harrison, and Christopher Priest, the editor and publisher Malcolm Edwards, and the astronomer Patrick Moore. The book also contained a number of lavish full colour illustrations, often featuring magazine and novel cover art by artists such as Melvyn Grant, Kelly Freas, Joe Petagno and Chris Foss. The cover art was by the artist T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Edwards
Malcolm John Edwards (born 3 December 1949) is a British editor and critic in the science fiction field. An alumnus of The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, he received his degree from the University of Cambridge. He was Deputy CEO at the Orion Publishing Group up until 2015, when he stepped down to become the chairman of science fiction publishing house Gollancz. Edwards lives in London with his wife, the CEO of a public relations company. Edwards has edited a number of publications including: ''Vector'', the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association, (from 1972 to 1974), and the science fiction anthology ''Constellations'' (Gollancz, 1980). He served as science fiction editor for Victor Gollancz Ltd, which later led to him launching the ''SF Masterworks'' series at Orion in 1999. Edwards was at one time highly active in science fiction fandom. When he first began contributing to British science fiction fanzines, he was initially confused with "Malcolm Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gate Of Ivory, Gate Of Horn
''Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn'' is a fantasy novel by British author Robert Holdstock. It was originally published in the United States in 1997 (and in the United Kingdom under the title ''Gate of Ivory'' in 1998.) The story is a prequel to ''Mythago Wood'' and explores Christian Huxley's quest into Ryhope Wood and the apparent suicide of his mother, Jennifer Huxley. The title of the book refers to the gates of horn and ivory described in both Homer's ''Odyssey'' and Virgil's ''Aeneid''. Conception The tale ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' was an inspiration according to the author. David Langford, an author, editor and literary critic, points out that the multitude of impossible tasks placed before one of the main characters is based on the ''Mabinogion's'' incomplete tale of Culhwch and Olwen. Plot summary Christian Huxley enters Ryhope wood on a search for the compelling mythago Guiwenneth and for a better understanding of his mother's suicide. Inside the wood he joins a smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
