Keith Taylor (1) (1946–)
Autor(a) de Bard
Para outros autores com o nome Keith Taylor, ver a página de desambiguação.
Séries
Obras por Keith Taylor
The Unlawful Hunter 2 exemplares
Spears of the Sea-Wolves 2 exemplares
The Brotherhood of Britain 1 exemplar
Hungry Grass 1 exemplar
What Are You When the Moon Shall Rise? 1 exemplar
The White Doe 1 exemplar
Sepulchres of the Undead 1 exemplar
Corpse's Wrath 1 exemplar
The Ordeal Stone 1 exemplar
Emissaries of Doom 1 exemplar
Daggers and a Serpent 1 exemplar
Revenant 1 exemplar
Men from the Plain of Lir 1 exemplar
The Haunting of Mara [Fal] 1 exemplar
The Bath-house 1 exemplar
At the Edge of the Sea 1 exemplar
The Lost Ship 1 exemplar
Where Silence Rules 1 exemplar
On Skellig Michael 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contribuidor — 302 exemplares
The Chronicles of the Holy Grail: The Ultimate Quest from the Age of Arthurian Literature (1996) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
The Collected Classical Stories and Classic Who Dunnits/boxed Set (2 volume set) (1996) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (1996) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Ross, Melinda
Evans, Cadmus
More, Dennis - Data de nascimento
- 1946-12-26
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Tasmania, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Ocupações
- science fiction writer
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Also by
- 19
- Membros
- 552
- Popularidade
- #45,212
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 13
- ISBN
- 70
The main character in Taylor's series, Felimid Mac Fal, is an instantly loveable character. He is a true roguish sort that loves to indulge in the simple pleasures of life: wine, women, gambling and laughter. Taylor does not let his character fall within the common fantasy tropes of being a vessel of absolute good. Felimid possesses a kind of moral ambiguity that we see him struggle with and shape throughout the story.
Keith Taylor spins a wondrous tale in the first book of his Bard series. This book came out when the Fantasy market was beginning to take off and publishers were being flooded with all sorts of rubbish. Taylor roots his hero and the world the hero inhabits in Irish Folklore and Mythology, Arthurian Literary Tradition and numerous other tales and mythologies that have survived from the span of time surrounding the "Dark Ages".
I have an above average background in Medieval Literature and its precursors and I found myself referring to the internet every few pages to clarify a reference the author had made. This reliance on an historically based world instead of one of pure fancy adds to the experience of reading the books. Taylor not only presents the reader with an excellent story but guides the reader into a world of rich cultural significance. After the first book you will find yourself reaching for Google less and less as you become familiar with The Gods and Goddesses of ancient Ireland.… (mais)