The Forest of Peldain
1985 novel by Barrington J. Bayley
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The Forest of Peldain is the twelfth science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley.[1] Set on the water world of the Hundred Islands, the Arelian empire attempts to seize control of the last island, Peldain, which within its dense forests contains an independent kingdom and an ancient secret.
Literary significance and reception
Rhys Hughes regarded Bayley as having "slackened off" after The Zen Gun, concluding that Vancean stylings of The Forest of Peldain were "not a sustainable effort."[2]
Andy Robertson, reviewing the novel in Interzone, dismissed the book as "[a] fairly minor potboiler."[3]
References
- ^ The Forest of Peldain at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ "Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley". The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "The Forest of Peldain". Astounding Worlds of Barrington J. Bayley. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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Works by Barrington J. Bayley
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- The Knights of the Limits (1978)
- The Seed of Evil (1979)
