Avilion

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name = Avilion
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author = Robert Holdstock
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Mythago Wood
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Victor Gollancz Ltd
release_date = July 16, 2009
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 384 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0575082991
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"Avilion" is an upcoming fantasy novel being written by British author Robert Holdstock. It is scheduled to be published in the United Kingdom on July 16 2009. It will be his first Ryhope wood novel since "Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn" was published in 1997. Avilion is Tennyson's term for Avalon in "Le Morte d'Arthur". Avilion is described by Tennyson as an island valley with ideal weather and fertile land. Reading the novel "Mythago Wood" will illuminate "Avilion" for first time readers. Reading the Wikipedia article on "Mythago Wood" will help in understanding issues and terminology in this article.

Plot introduction

Avilion takes place after the events in "Mythago Wood". Steven Huxley and the mythago Guiwenneth have been living in Ryhope wood where they are raising ther two children, each half-human, half-mythago. The older boy, Jack, wishes to know about the outside world while the younger girl, Yssobel, dreams about her uncle Christian, who vanished into Lavondyss at the end of "Mythago Wood". Despite being comfortably settled and living an idyllic agrarian lifestyle, events at hand will change the family's future.

Books in the Mythago Cycle

*"Mythago Wood" (1984)
*"Lavondyss" (1988)
*"The Bone Forest" (1991), a novella and collection of short stories
*"The Hollowing" (1993)
*"Merlin's Wood" (1994), a novel and two short stories (only published in the UK)
*"Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn" (1997)
*"Avilion" (expected July 2009)Note: the order in which the works were written/published does not necessarily correspond to the order of events within the realm of the "Mythago Wood" cycle. For example, "Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn" and the novella "The Bone Forest" are prequels to "Mythago Wood" even though they were published at a later date. The novel "Merlin's Wood" and short stories in "The Bone Forest" and "Merlin's Wood" have little bearing on the events in the Ryhope wood. See the table below for a chronology of events within Ryhope wood.

Footnotes

References

*cite book | title=Mythago Wood | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=Victor Gollancz | location=London| edition=1st ed. | date=1984 | id=ISBN 978-0575034963
*cite book | title=Lavondyss | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=Victor Gollancz | location=London | edition=1st ed. | date=1988 | id=ISBN 978-057503475X
*cite book | title=The Bone Forest | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=Grafton | location=London | edition=1st ed. | date=1991 | id=ISBN 978-0246138330
*cite book | title=The Hollowing | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=HarperCollins | location=London | edition=1st ed. | date=1993 | id=ISBN 978-000224201X
*cite book | title=Merlin's Wood | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=HarperCollins| location=London | edition=1st ed. | date=1994 | id=ISBN 978-0002246031
*cite book | title=Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn | last=Holdstock | first=Robert | authorlink=Robert Holdstock | publisher=Roc Books | location=New York| edition=1st ed. | date=1997 | id=ISBN 978-0451455703

External links

* [http://www.robertholdstock.com// Mythago Wood: the official website of Robert Holdstock]