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Hein  ·  4793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Which sci-fi/fantasy books got you into the genre?
Robert Holdstock's early works got me into SF and I kept reading him when he turned more and more into a fantasy writer. So he intrduced me to both genres. But what got me into reading Robert Holdstock were the movies "Solaris" and "Stalker" by the russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, from wich he "may have "borrowed" the themes of materializing fantasies and the forbidden zone (as in his novels "Mythagowood" and "Where timewinds blow"), which in their turn were based upon the novels by Stanislaw Lem and the Strugatsky brothers. Therefore I wrote in his condoleance register (he sadly past away recently): "Robert Holdstock was for SF what Tarkovsky was for cinema."




lessismore  ·  4793 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Robert Holdstock's works are nothing short of amazing. I am particularly fond of Mythago Wood. Currently reading The Iron Grail (Book 2 of the Merlin Codex).
mk  ·  4792 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ok, you and Hein convinced me. Which of Holdstock's should I begin with? There seems quite a few.
Hein  ·  4791 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Mythago wood is his World Fantasy Award winner and his most popular one. But the sequel Lavondyss is even better.
mk  ·  4791 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Cool, looks like Mythago Wood it is. That's my next read. -Thanks guys.
lessismore  ·  4791 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You will not be disappointed. Quite the page turner. :)
mk  ·  4630 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks Hein and lessismore. I Just finished Mythago Wood last night. What a very strange book. I really enjoyed it. I can definitely say that I haven't read a book quite like it.
lessismore  ·  4629 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Awesome!! Super glad that you enjoyed it.
lessismore  ·  4792 days ago  ·  link  ·