The Way to Babylon (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Kearney
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: The present
- Setting: Minginish, a medieval alternate Isle of Skye
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Storytelling, Islands, Death or dying, Imagination, Great Britain
- Locales: Islands, Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
Michael Riven is recovering from injuries sustained in the fall from a mountain that killed his wife, Jenny. He cannot face returning to Minginish, the fantasy land that he based on Skye, the area he and Jenny always loved.
Although not fully recuperated, he had gone, almost immediately after leaving the hospital, to his old bothy in Camasunary. One day, a huge dark man arrives, seeking shelter from a vicious storm. He introduces himself as Bickling (or Bicker) Warbutt. Despite his lack of fitness, Riven agrees to go with Warbutt on a walking tour, provided they...
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