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Wondrous beings inhabit these woods - creatures born of mythic fable and the mortal subconscious: a snow woman beckons; a scientist succumbs to an age-old madness, tale-tellers weave extraordinary yarns of terrifying primal power. Explore a dark and secret place where daemons roam, where conjurers work their awesome pagan magic in eight stunning short stories of exhilarating imagination by the acclaimed author of Lavondyss and the World Fantasy Award-winning classic Mythago Wood.Tags
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As in Mythago Wood, an explorer, Huxley, meets 'mythagos of heroes/heroines, but this time from prehistory, encountering Ash the shaman and the Burning Man on a horse. And this time the mythagos get access to the present day...
Holdstock remains hit-and-miss for me.
A really enjoyable diversion
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- Original publication date
- 1991 (collection) (collection); 1976 (Magic Man) (Magic Man); 1989 (Shapechanger) (Shapechanger)
- People/Characters
- George Huxley; Steven Huxley; Christian Huxley; Jennifer Huxley; Edward Wynne-Jones; Ash (show all 17); Thomas Wyatt; John Tagworthy; Simon Miller; Anuth; Tobias Craven; Caylen; Fergus; Caswallon; Rianna; Josephine Greystone; Raymond McCreedy
- Epigraph
- Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness
T.S. Elliot
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- Czech, English, Portuguese
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 6
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