The Bone Forest (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Holdstock
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—mythological
- Time of Work: Various times between antiquity and the near future
- Setting: Various locations on Earth and in imaginary lands
- Genres: Short fiction, Mythological literature, Fantasy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Future, Forests or forestry, Greek or Roman times, Dopplegangers
- Locales: Earth, Mythical lands
The Plot
This collection of stories, most of them originally published between the mid-1970’s and the early 1990’s, is weighted toward works similar in theme and style to the novella that gives the collection its title. “The Bone Forest” is original to this anthology. In all the stories, Robert Holdstock calls up images of humanity’s past and its relationship to its present and future through the guiding link of the myths and stories that are passed down, in variation upon variation, through the ages.
“The Bone Forest” itself is part of Holdstock’s...
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