Celtika: 1st in the 'Merlin Codex' series of books
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster / Earthlight, 2001
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Fine
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© 2001: 1st in the 'Merlin Codex' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Centuries before he meets Arthur, Merlin wanders the Earth, eternally young, a traveller on the path of magic and learning. During his journeys he encounters Jason, whose search for the Golden Fleece he joins. It is a decision that will cost him dear. Hundreds of years later, Merlin hears of a screaming ship in a northern lake and divines that it is the Argo, and that Jason still screams out for his sons, stolen by the enchantress Medea, and thought dead. But death is not the end, and Merlin's trek to the north leads to the revival of both man and ship, and a new quest, with new companions - to find Jason's sons:- Review(s): "'Celtika' begins 'The Merlin Codex', a new series from Robert Holdstock, Britain's premier author of the fantastical. Roving from the frozen north to the blighted and ghostly island which will become Arthur's realm, from the deep forests familiar to Holdstock's readers from his Award-winning 'Mythago Wood' and 'Lavondyss' to the ancient sanctuaries of Greece, Merlin's journeying is rich with incident, character and history. 'Celtika' mines a deep vein of epic tale, mystery and enchantment" / "Holdstock has a beautifully subtle imagination that conjures up worlds and events with enviable ease. A writer of both heart and fire" - Peter F Hamilton / "Our finest living mythmaker. His narratives - intense, exuberant, earthy, passionate, dense with metaphor - are new trails through the ancient forest of our imaginations. An essential writer" - Stephen Baxter / "No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood" - Michael Moorcock / "Rob Holdstock's is one of the voices at the very heart of modern fantasy" - Guy Gavriel Kay:- (original cost £16.99).…
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- Title
- Celtika: 1st in the 'Merlin Codex' series of books
- Author
- Holdstock, Robert
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster / Earthlight
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Fine: Very small signs of wear
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardback: 9½" x 6¼"
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0684860368
- ISBN 13
- 9780684860367
- Illustrator
- Cover Art: Larry Rostant
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.64 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 9½" (241mm) x 6¼" (158mm).
- Seller catalogs
- Fantasy
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Review
Holdstock's Merlin is near immortal, and as the story opens has already walked the world for millennia, an alienated narrator; an archetype it is difficult to empathise with. Occasionally he does show human warmth:
I looked at her face, so beautiful despite the greed of Time, her hair still like polished copper; into her eyes, so lovely, so clever; her breath like summer fruit; our fingers intertwined briefly. A beauty that had not faded; lost in time; almost untouchable.Long before Arthur, Merlin has become deeply involved with Jason, The Argonauts and the legendary cycle of betrayal and bloodshed between Jason and Medea. Spinning this saga into a surreal epic across centuries, Holdstock adds the quest of the young Celtic King Urtha to avenge his wife and children, and the epic march to the Oracle of Delphi of the greatest army the world has ever seen.
Written with all Holdstock's usual skill, Celtika is a strange, convoluted, intricately plotted book. Weaving so much mythology and history into one fabric results in a distant quality akin to Tolkien's The Silmarillion, producing fantasy of particular subtlety and intelligence. While knowledge of the author's previous books is not required, those who have read them will find extra resonance in exploring these austerely magical adventures from the archetype's point-of-view. --Gary S. Dalkin
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