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Robert Holdstock

(1948 - 2009)
aka
Robert Black, Ken Blake (with Kenneth Bulmer), Chris Carlsen, Robert Faulcon, Richard Kirk (with Angus Wells)

About Robert Holdstock

Robert Holdstock shared his childhood years between the bleak Romney Marsh and the dense woods of the Kentish heartlands. After several years of research in the field of medical zoology, he became a full-time writer of science fiction and fantasy in 1975.

Series

Berserker Trilogy (writing as Chris Carlsen)
1. Shadow of the Wolf (1977)
2. The Bull Chief (1977)
3. The Horned Warrior (1979)

Mythago Wood
1. Mythago Wood (1984)
2. Lavondyss (1988)
3. The Bone Forest (1991)
4. The Hollowing (1992)
5. Merlin's Wood (1994)
6. Gate of Ivory (1997)
7. Avilion (2008)

Merlin Codex
1. Celtika (2001)
2. The Iron Grail (2002)
3. The Broken Kings (2006)

Ryhope Wood Omnibus
1. Lavondyss & Mythago Wood (2007)
2. The Mythago Cycle Volume 2 (2007)

Novels

Legend of the Werewolf (1976) (writing as Robert Black)
Eye Among the Blind (1976)
The Satanists (1977) (writing as Robert Black)
Earthwind (1977)
Necromancer (1978)
Space Wars (1979)
Where Time Winds Blow (1981)
The Emerald Forest (1985)
Ancient Echoes (1986)
Death Angel (1988) (writing as Robert Black)
The Fetch (1991)
aka Unknown Regions

Collections

In the Valley of the Statues: And Other Stories (1982)

Series contributed to

Bulman
1. Bulman (1984)
2. One of Our Pigeons Is Missing (1984)

Anthology series

Other Edens (with Christopher Evans)
1. Other Edens (1987)
2. Other Edens II (1988)
3. Other Edens III (1989)

Anthologies edited

Stars of Albion (1979) (with Christopher Priest)

Non fiction

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1978)
Alien Landscapes (1979) (with Malcolm Edwards)
Tour of the Universe: The Journey of a Lifetime (1980) (with Malcolm Edwards)
Magician: Lost Journals of the Magus Geoffrey Carlyle (1982) (with Malcolm Edwards)
Realms of Fantasy: An Illustrated Exploration of the Most Famous Worlds in Fantasy Fiction (1983)
Lost Realms: An Illustrated Exploration of the Lands behind the Legends (1984)

Anthologies containing stories by Robert Holdstock

Short stories

	The Darkness (1972)
	Microcosm (1972)
	The Graveyard Cross (1976)
	Magic Man (1976)
	On the Inside (1976)
	The Quiet Girl (1978)
	Mythago Wood [short story] (1982)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Time of the Tree (1988)
	The Ragthorn (1991) (with Garry Kilworth)		World Fantasy
	Having His Leg Pulled (1993)
	Burial at Sea (1995) (writing as Chris Carlsen) (with Larry Bond)
	Infantasm (1995)

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1982) : Mythago Wood [short story]
	World Fantasy Best Novel winner (1985) : Mythago Wood
	World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1992) : The Ragthorn
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1992) : The Bone Forest
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Hollowing
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Ancient Echoes
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1998) : Gate of Ivory

Links to other websites

robertholdstock.com

Robert Holdstock recommends

Chimeras (1992)
Christopher Evans
"Vivid, original, beautifully written... Fantasy doesn't get much better than this."

The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002)
Ramsey Campbell
"The undisputed master of the psychological horror novel... 'Dark Visioning' at its very best."

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