Mythago Wood: 1 (Mythago Cycle)

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It is revealed in The Hollowing, a sequel, that mythagos can be created by conscious thought and are drawn to their creators. If this idea is unfamiliar, check out 60-70s era feminist theory as background - but I’ll try to explain a little about what I mean.

There is little love, or sense of joy in the magic; this is obsession and wildness, and while I'm a fan of pursuing passion and all things wild, this is the dreamscape extreme that occurred after a few too many tipples before bed. She leaves behind her life to be with him: no more slitting the throats of wild boars or riding on giant stag. But I tend to dislike stories where the line between real and imaginary is too thin because there are no rules, so there is no meaning and there are no stakes.His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophical, psychological, anthropological, spiritual, and woodland themes. The special 30th Anniversary edition of Mythago Wood was published as part of the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks series in 2014, featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman which you can read here. I love working with the mix and match of different legends, and The Hollowing, of all my work, is probably the richest and most complex novel in this way. Y segundo por supuesto, los personajes, todos desarrollados y algunos muy complejos, donde sin duda me quedo con Guiwenneth por esa ternura y dulzura que desprendía, aunque fuera tan ruda. Suddenly, it turned into a quest and struggle for survival that was not quite as fascinating as the learning process was, though there were definitely some fun parts.

Pringle, David Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best novels: An English-Language Selection, 1946-1987, (New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989), page 241. The ending was quite limp; obviously there was to be a volume 2, but the ending didn't leave me wanting to continue. Yep, that’s the guy she purportedly chooses: some weirdo in a bathrobe, creeping around in his dad’s dilapidated cottage reading his dad’s manuscripts. I liked the Lovecraftian overtones at the start of the novel and I wish they had been sustained throughout the whole story.

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. Or, if you want to look at it in a different way, it's the Grail quest motif as a symbol for the generative impulse. This will now sit in my all time favorite shelf as it an amazing piece of literary fiction, which just happens to be a fantasy.