Parke Godwin





Parke Godwin

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born
January 28, 1929 in The United States

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Parke Godwin is an American writer known for his lyrical yet precise prose style and sardonic humor. He is also known for his novels of legendary figures placed in realistic historical settings; his retelling of the Arthur legend (Firelord in 1980, Beloved Exile in 1984, and The Last Rainbow in 1985) is set in the 5th century during the collapse of the Roman empire, and his reinterpretation of Robin Hood (Sherwood, 1991, and Robin and the King, 1993) takes place during the Norman conquest and features kings William the Conqueror and William Rufus as major characters. His other well-known works include Waiting For The Galactic Bus (1988) and its sequel The Snake Oil Wars (1989), humorous critiques of American pop culture and religion.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 2,373 ratings · 185 reviews · 143 distinct works
Firelord (Firelord, #1)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions
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Sherwood (Sherwood, #1)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Waiting for the Galactic Bu...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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The Power of Friendship (W....
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings2 editions
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Meridian Magic (W.I.T.C.H. ...
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Beloved Exile (Firelord, #2)
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Robin and the King (Sherwoo...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
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The Snake Oil Wars or Scheh...
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 97 ratings2 editions
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The Last Rainbow (Firelord,...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions
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The Tower of Beowulf
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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More books by Parke Godwin…
Firelord Beloved Exile The Last Rainbow
Firelord (7 books)
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3.904669260700389 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 514 ratings
Sherwood Robin and the King
Sherwood (2 books)
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3.918848167539267 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 382 ratings
Waiting for the Galactic Bus The Snake Oil Wars or Scheh...
Snake Oil (2 books)
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3.697674418604651 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 301 ratings
Firelord (1 book)
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“I’ve learned and unlearned all my life; it’s helped me to survive. There are no constants, nothing is immutable, only random circumstance from which our experience builds a coherent arc of life. And for that arc you have only to be truly done with one thing before moving to another. There’s an art in letting go.”
Parke Godwin, Beloved Exile

“Between blow and pain, there is that instant of numbness, an unreal moment...”
Parke Godwin, Beloved Exile

“...for one instant, I saw the stars close enough to touch. Closer than that, part of me. Are they really so far or just that we never reach for them?”
Parke Godwin, Beloved Exile

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