June Books 15) Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock

[nwhyte]

I think the only other Holdstock novel I had read was the rather odd one about Newgrange spirals turning up on another planet, probably thirty years ago. This is an intense exploration of inner space via an English countryside wedded to past historical periods, and the narrator's own family history of venturing into, and being transformed by, this

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[seawasp]

Interesting. I tried reading this after hearing good things about it and found it so dull that I stopped reading after a couple chapters.

[alexmc]

In case had the same sort of childhood as me he also wrote the novella packaged with the game "Elite".

[leedy]

I read it yonks ago and absolutely loved it. The sequel is a bit disappointing, btw, just in case you're tempted.

[unwholesome_fen]

It's worth reading the various sequels, by the way - though the ideas in the first are probably fresher, the quality of the writing actually improves later on, so they are much more readable.