tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post7710178160050297037..comments2024-03-28T19:49:24.277-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Review: Where Time Winds Blow, by Robert HoldstockRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-9093760401002769652022-02-27T16:03:35.133-08:002022-02-27T16:03:35.133-08:00When Rob started out, his #1 ambition was to have ...When Rob started out, his #1 ambition was to have a story published in Analog (though his first publication was, more appropriately, in New Worlds). He wanted not just to be a writer but to be a science fiction writer. His first serious published novels and stories were therefore moulded into science fiction, whether or not that was the most appropriate vehicle for his ideas (his friends used to joke that what he really wanted to write about was shagging trees). When Mythago Wood came along it was clear that he had found his metier, and after that he never returned to pure sf.Malcolm Edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-8112401064640668722022-02-27T15:31:05.756-08:002022-02-27T15:31:05.756-08:00Glad you were inspired to review this one! And gla...Glad you were inspired to review this one! And glad you enjoyed it. It is far superior to the far rougher (screams first novel) Eye Among the Blind (1976). I reviewed Eye back in 2014: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/11/01/book-review-eye-among-the-blind-robert-holdstock-1976/Joachim Boazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708479581729408508noreply@blogger.com