Silverlock: Including the Silverlock Companion (Nesfa's Choice, 26)

Fremon, Pam,Grubbs, David G.,Myers, John Myers

ISBN 10: 1886778523 / ISBN 13: 9781886778528

Published by NESFA Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silverlock: Including the Silverlock Companion (Nesfa's Choice, 26)
• Publisher: NESFA Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886778523
• ISBN 13: 9781886778528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Shipwrecked off Baltimore and rescued by a mysterious sailor, A. Clarence Sheldon is taken to an unknown land where he undertakes a physical and allegorical journey that leads to encounters with Beowulf, Robin Hood, Huck Finn, Don Quixote, the Green Knight, and the goddess Circe, culminating in a descent into Hell.

Reviews

NESFA's latest publication should be greeted with cheers, toasts, and songs by quite a company of readers, for it celebrates a beloved classic of historical fantasy by putting it in hardcover for the first time, accompanied by some 160 pages of appreciation and annotation. Myers' best-known novel is the story of the shipwreck of A. Clarence Shandon, called Silverlock for the white streak in his hair, in the Commonwealth of Letters, where he meets Orpheus, visits Hell, fails to ride Pegasus, hears the tale of the Alamo recited in Norse verse forms, and encounters much else. The companionate material begins with four dedicated fans' introductions and includes biographical and bibliographical material on Myers, who was also a notable historian of the American West; a sampler of his verse; and the melodies, with tablature, of song-settings of five more poems. Vastly enriching appreciation of the novel is a generous reader's guide to its characters, places, special vocabulary, and allusions. Roland Green
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