"Ealdwood" is a fantasy novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh. One of Cherryh's Ealdwood Stories, it was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David A. Cherry. The novella draws on Celtic mythology and is about Ealdwood, a forest at the edge of Faery, and Arafel, a Daoine Sidhe.[1]
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | C. J. Cherryh |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | David A. Cherry |
| Cover artist | David A. Cherry |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ealdwood Stories |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Published | 1981 (Donald M. Grant) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 142 |
| OCLC | 8667096 |
"Ealdwood" and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone" (published in Amazons!, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson) were combined and revised by Cherryh and published as a novel, The Dreamstone in 1983. Cherryh published a sequel to The Dreamstone later in 1983, The Tree of Swords and Jewels.
Award nominations
edit- 1982 World Fantasy Award, Novella
- 1982 Locus Award, Novella
References
edit- ^ Davis, Stephen M. (1997). "The Dreaming Tree". SF Site. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
Sources
edit- "1982 Locus Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- "1982 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Owings, Mark (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 327.
- Clute, John; Grant, John (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
- Frane, J. (July 1981). "Review of Ealdwood". Locus. 14 (6): 11.
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