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Mythago Wood

By: Robert Holdstock
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Mythago Wood is regarded as one of the finest fantasy novels of the 20th century.

Deep within the wildwood lies a place of myth and mystery, from which few return, and of those few, none remain unchanged. Ryhope Wood may look like a three-mile-square fenced-in wood in rural Herefordshire on the outside, but inside, it is a primeval, intricate labyrinth of trees, impossibly huge, unforgettable... and stronger than time itself.

Stephen Huxley has already lost his father to the mysteries of Ryhope Wood. On his return from the Second World War, he finds his brother, Christopher, is also in thrall to the mysterious wood, wherein lies a realm where mythic archetypes grow flesh and blood, where love and beauty haunt your dreams, and in promises of freedom lies the sanctuary of insanity....

1985, World Fantasy Award, Winner

1985, BSFA Award, Winner

©1984 Robert Holdstock (P)2015 Orion Publishing Group Classics Epic Fantasy Fiction Historical Science Fiction
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if you like surreal mythic themes this story will enchant you. However if you prefer straight fantasy this is not what this book purports to be. Edging in on concepts of how consciousness defines our reality, the theme of the book is that the ancient Woodlands contain a force which brings forth mythic beings from the deep recesses of the mind and clothes them with material reality. The magical concepts of this book are original in thought and design. The narration is excellent and the pace of the story is even and compelling. It's a shame not more of the series is available as audio.

A Mythic Contemporary Fantasy of Epic Proportions

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I didn't finish it, it was all men and the women mentioned were either excluded from the action and/or dead/ethereal. Am tired of this kind of world, it is not one I want to spend any more time in.

What three words best describe Rupert Degas’s voice?

Superb x 3.

A bit too 'boy's-own adventure' for me.

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It was certainly a different fantasy tale. Beginning was a tad slow but essential listening. I did enjoy it but not sure I could listen to it again. Rupert Degas brilliant as always.

Certainly different

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It is a refreshing fantasy, in that it is very different to anything else I have come across. The plot is rich and dense, and there are layers to the story that will probably become apparent on a second read. Because it is such an unusual story, I believe I was less accepting of the fact that I did not find the ending satisfying. It felt like an incomplete emotional arch of at least one of the characters.

Rupert Degas' narration feels perfect.

An unusual fantasy

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