Robert Holdstock

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born

August 02, 1948 in Hythe, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

died

November 29, 2009

gender

male

website

http://www.robertholdstock.com/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Robert Paul Holdstock is an English novelist and author best known for his works of fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction.

Holdstock's writing was first published in 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophical, psychological, anthropological, spiritual, and woodland themes. He has received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel in 1985.

Pseudonyms are Chris Carlsen and Robert Black.

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Books by Robert Holdstock

Average rating: 3.79 · 4,116 ratings · 348 reviews · 58 distinct works

	Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood 1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,738 ratings — published 1984 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Lavondyss (Mythago Wood Cycle, Book 2) 3.99 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Hollowing (Mythago Wood Cycle, Book 4) 3.86 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Celtika (The Merlin Codex, Book 1) 3.55 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (Mythago Wood Cycle, Book 6) 3.78 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Bone Forest (Ryhope Wood, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Iron Grail (The Merlin Codex, Book 2) 3.57 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Ancient Echoes 3.48 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Broken Kings (The Merlin Codex, Book 3) 3.68 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Merlin's Wood 3.73 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Robert Holdstock

Mythago Wood (7 books)
by Robert Holdstock

3.87 avg rating — 2,988 ratings

The Merlin Codex (3 books)
by Robert Holdstock

3.58 avg rating — 446 ratings

Quotes by Robert Holdstock

“Pragmatism is nothing without imagination; and imagination is wasted without pragmatism”
― Robert Holdstock, Avilion

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“She can sniff it as she can sniff the pungency of the earth where it hides little treasures for the table; or the remains of the long-dead.”
― Robert Holdstock, Avilion

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Polls

JUNE FANTASY: This poll decided which two novels move on to the run-off poll for our June 2012 Fantasy Book of the Month!

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

44 votes, 38.6%

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

20 votes, 17.5%

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

16 votes, 14.0%

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

12 votes, 10.5%

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

10 votes, 8.8%

The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip

7 votes, 6.1%

Galveston by Sean Stewart

5 votes, 4.4%

114 total votes

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