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The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock
The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock







series novelizations, such as “The Professionals”. He also wrote adapted television scripts to become t.v. He continued to write through the seventies and eighties, including a number of sci-fi and fantasy novels and short stories.

The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock

His first novel came out in 1976 and was a science fiction novel titled Eye Among the Blind. New Worlds published his story “Pauper’s Plot” in their magazine. Holdstock would first see his writing published in print in 1968. He would pass away on Novemafter collapsing earlier due to infection days before.

The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock

He would also live in North London for the rest of his life. The author would choose to write full-time in 1976. At the same time he was spending time writing and producing his own science fiction magazine. He would then go on in 1971 to conduct research as part of the Medical Research Council in London all the way to 1974. He would then go on to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, graduating in 1971 with his Master of Science in the field of Medical Zoology. He would go on to attend University College of North Wales, graduating with his Bachelor of Science and honors in applied Zoology. He had a few jobs as a younger adult that included slate miner, construction, and being a banana boat man.

The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock

He would attend Gillingham Grammar School at seven. His father worked as a police officer and his mother a nurse. Robert was born the oldest of the five children in his family. His works often have a variety of themes explored, from woodland to spiritual, philosophical, anthropological, and psychological. His Nordic, Gothic, Pictish and Celtic fantasy literature and unique and often what spring to mind when the author’s name is mentioned for those who are familiar.

The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock

He grew up near the Romney Marsh and the Kentish heartlands’ woods. He wrote in genres from horror to science fiction to fantasy to mystery. He also wrote under the pen names of Ken Blake, Robert Black, Chris Carlsen, Stephen Eisler, Richard Kirk, and Robert Faulcon.īorn on Augin Hythe in Kent in England, this novelist has become well known around the world for his fantasy novels and mythical fiction. Robert Holdstock was a British published author.









The Mythago Cycle, Volume 1 by Robert Holdstock