Ealdwood

Infobox Book
name = Ealdwood
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = C. J. Cherryh
illustrator = David Cherry
cover_artist = David Cherry
country = United States
language = English
series = Ealdwood Stories
genre = Fantasy novella
publisher = Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
release_date = 1981
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 142 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 8667096
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"Ealdwood" is a fantasy novella by C. J. Cherryh. It was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David Cherry. The novella and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone", were later combined and revised by Cherryh as "The Dreamstone" in 1983.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Arafel, the only surviving elf in a shrinking magical forest.

Award nominations

* 1982 World Fantasy Award Novella
* 1982 Locus Award Novella

References

*cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1982.html |title=1982 Locus Awards |accessdate=2008-05-19 |format= |work=The Locus Index to SF Awards
*cite web |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1982.html |title=1982 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees |accessdate=2008-05-19 |format= |work=World Fantasy Convention
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=327 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute | coauthors = John Grant | title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | location=New York | publisher=St. Martin's Press| pages=180 | date=1997 | id=ISBN 0-88184-708-9