ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.After his post-WWII convalescence in France, Steven Huxley is returning to his family's home on the edge of Ryhope Wood, a patch of ancient forest, in Britain. For as long as Steven remembers, his father, who recently died, had been so obsessed with the for...
Celtika held so much promise. It is an ambitious, startlingly original work that is partly undone by a convoluted plot and certain confusing creative choices that personally didn't appeal to me, although others may not be bothered by them. Holdstock has built an intriguing world that mixes Arthur...
It's no longer as clear as in the first book whether to call Jason Merlin's friend or Medea his enemy, but he is still as involved as ever in their lives. Furthermore, he feels a responsibility to help the Celtic king Urtha, who is being attacked by an army of ghosts and unborn men for uncertain ...
4.5 stars, really, but I'm rounding up on account of Robert Holdstock's very heady signature cocktail of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. Only it's not a cocktail at all, but a visionary paste made of viscous golden sap mashed up with wildwood and heartwood, berries and blossoms, vivid algae and fo...
Jackillä on ollut pienestä pitäen kyky nähdä mielikuvitukselliseen myyttiseen todellisuuteen. Tämä toinen ulottuvuus sijaitsee Jackin mielen Takamaassa, mutta se ei ole tyystin kuvitteellinen vaan hyvinkin todellinen paikka. Toisesta todellisuudesta heijastuu muinainen Galnum kaupunki lahoavine t...
