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Robert Holdstock

Born

in Hythe, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

August 02, 1948

Died

November 29, 2009

Website

http://www.robertholdstock.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Robert Paul Holdstock was an English novelist and author who is 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, Robert Faulcon,Robert Black, Steven Eisler and Richard Kirk. ...more

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Robert Holdstock’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 21,507 ratings · 1,946 reviews · 101 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 11,354 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lavondyss (Mythago Wood, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 2,476 ratings — published 1988 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hollowing (Mythago Wood, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 1993 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celtika (The Merlin Codex, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 2001 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Forest (Mythago Wood, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (Mythago Wood, #6) 3.91 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merlin's Wood (Mythago Wood, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Grail (The Merlin Codex, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avilion (Mythago Wood, #7) 3.95 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fetch 3.77 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Robert Holdstock

Mythago Wood (7 books)
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Robert Holdstock

3.82 avg rating — 17,169 ratings

The Merlin Codex (3 books)
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Robert Holdstock

3.70 avg rating — 1,509 ratings

Quotes by Robert Holdstock (?)

“Nothing has happened until it happens”
― Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood

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“you were both hunter and hunted; the shadow of your thoughts was the beast which killed you.”
― Robert Holdstock, Lavondyss

14 likes

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

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Polling for Sept-Oct topic(s). Please write in other options and comment if one topic is sufficient, or should we pick the top two.

"Viking Age": books like The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson or Scott Oden's newly released A Gathering of Ravens ...or C. Dean Andersson's Bloodsong! — Hel X 3... or Robert Holdstock's Berserker SF Gateway Omnibus: The Shadow of the Wolf, The Bull Chief, The Horned Warrior

Bloodsong! — Hel X 3 by C. Dean Andersson

Berserker SF Gateway Omnibus The Shadow of the Wolf, The Bull Chief, The Horned Warrior by Robert Holdstock

17 votes, 36.2%

"Off the Planet;" Sword & Planet like Kenneth Bulmer's Dray Prescot Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1); or Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter of Mars.

Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1) by Alan Burt Akers

John Carter of Mars (Barsoom, #11) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

13 votes, 27.7%

"Classic William": William Hope Hodgson’s The William Hope Hodgson Megapack: 35 Classic Works or The House on the Borderland and Other Novels OR William Morris’s The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 35 Classic Works by William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland and Other Novels by William Hope Hodgson

The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology by William Morris

7 votes, 14.9%

"Goofy stuff": like Myth Adventures (Myth Conceptions) by Robert Lynn Asprin or Terry Pratchett's Disc World ... Colour of Magic - Disc world #1

Myth Conceptions (Myth Adventures, #2) by Robert Lynn Asprin

Colour of Magic - Disc world #1 by Terry Pratchett

6 votes, 12.8%

Classic William (write-in)

2 votes, 4.3%

Goofy stuff (write-in)

1 vote, 2.1%

Off the planet (write-in)

1 vote, 2.1%

william (write-in)

0 votes, 0.0%

47 total votes

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