The Mythago Cycle (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Holdstock
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Ryhope Wood, an old English forest
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Other worlds, Forests or forestry
- Locales: England
The Plot
Ryhope Wood stands in southeastern England, in the county of Herefordshire, near the village of Shadoxhurst. One of the few remaining ancient forests of England, it is a place where times long gone elsewhere still live. Ryhope is a small woods, measuring only three square miles, but within the forest time and distance bear little relationship to the outside. Narrow creeks become great rivers, several days become decades, and a few hundred yards of trail become a track of many miles. Ryhope Wood serves as the focus of the three fantasy novels composing the Mythago...
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