- Tom Holt
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name = Tom Holt
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birthdate = birth date and age|1961|9|13
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occupation = Writer
nationality = British
period = 1987-present
genre =Humorous fantasy ,Historical
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website =Tom Holt (born Thomas Charles Louis Holt
September 13 1961 inLondon ) is a British novelist. He is the son of novelistHazel Holt , and was educated atWestminster School andWadham College, Oxford .Holt's works include
mythopoeic novels which parody or take as their theme various aspects of mythology, history or literature and develop them in new and often humorous ways. He has also produced a number of "straight" historical novels writing as Thomas Holt.Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write "I, Margaret", an unauthorized biography ofMargaret Thatcher published in 1989.Novels
Humorous fantasy
*"
Expecting Someone Taller " (1987), based on the mythology of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen "
*"Who's Afraid of Beowulf? " (1988), based onNorse mythology and history
*"Flying Dutch " (1991), based on the story of theFlying Dutchman
*"Ye Gods!" (1992), based on elements ofGreek mythology including a parody ofHeracles
*"Overtime" (1993), based on the legend of Blondel combined withtime travel
*"Here Comes the Sun" (1993), based loosely on theCelestial Bureaucracy reinterpreted along the lines of the Britishcivil service
*"Grailblazers" (1994), based on Arthurian romance and the quest for theHoly Grail
*"Faust Among Equals" (1994), an imagined continuation of the story ofFaust
*"Odds & Gods" (1995), which features assorted pantheons and their adventures after "retirement"
*"Djinn Rummy" (1995), based on the antics of various bottle-trapped djinn along the lines of a modernAladdin
*"My Hero" (1996), in which literary characters can move between fiction and the real world. One of the main characters is Hamlet
*"Paint Your Dragon " (1996), based on the legend ofSt George slaying the dragon
*"Open Sesame" (1997), based on characters from the story ofAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
*"Wish You Were Here" (1998), in which a lake spirit grants four people their heart's desire whether they like it or not
*"Only Human" (1999), in which four human souls are switched with a machine, a painting, a lemming and a demon
*"Snow White and the Seven Samurai " (1999), based onfairy tale s (Brothers Grimm and others) making a world within a computer simulation
*"Valhalla" (2000), based onNorse mythology
*"Nothing But Blue Skies " (2001), which featuresChinese dragon s
*"Falling Sideways" (2002)
*"Little People" (2002), based onfaery legends
*Featuring J.W. Wells, the magic firm from "The Sorcerer " byGilbert & Sullivan :
**"The Portable Door" (2003)
**"In Your Dreams" (2004)
**"Earth, Air, Fire, and Custard" (2005)
**"You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps" (2006)
*"Someone Like Me" (2006)
*"Barking" (2007), based on mythology including vampire/werewolf legends
*"The Better Mousetrap" (2008)Historical
Using Thomas Holt as author name.
*"The Walled Orchard" (1997), which was originally published in two parts as "Goatsong" (1989) and "The Walled Orchard" (1990)
*"Alexander At The World's End" (1999)
*"Olympiad" (2000)
*"Song for Nero" (2003)
*"Meadowland" (2005)Other
* Poems by Tom Holt (1974) (Collection of early poems)
*continuations ofE. F. Benson 's "Lucia" series set in Tilling
**"Lucia In Wartime" (1985) fiction
**"Lucia Triumphant" (1986) fiction
* I, Margaret (1989) (satirical biography ofMargaret Thatcher , with Steve Nallon)
* Bitter lemmings (1997) (Songbook)
* Holt Who Goes There? (2002) (short stories)Parodies of musical works
* [http://www.peteatkin.com/b10p.htm "Impractical Man"] — a parody of the song [http://www.peteatkin.com/b10.htm "Practical Man"] by
Pete Atkin andClive James .External links
* [http://www.tom-holt.com official site] – official website run by Holt's publisher
* [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/75p0.html Interview] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]
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