Oolite Bulletins

Look what I found on ebay

i think this came with the game way back when... not read it though... is it any good does anyone know?

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From this I went out and found every book I can find written by Robert Holdstock - I even wrote my own 30,000 word follow on for a GCSE English Assignment - 'nuff said?

The text is available online here. It's probably one of the best pieces of fiction ever given away free with a computer game, let's put it that way! Holdstock is a very good writer: although personally I thought the series of books which followed slid slowly downhill (as these things tend to do), his novel Mythago Wood is excellent. I'd recommend spending your money on that!

Disembodied wrote:

The text is available online here. It's probably one of the best pieces of fiction ever given away free with a computer game, let's put it that way! Holdstock is a very good writer: although personally I thought the series of books which followed slid slowly downhill (as these things tend to do), his novel Mythago Wood is excellent. I'd recommend spending your money on that!

Hexing and the Labrynth - as Robert Faulcon - sublime.
Celtica et al - about Merlin and how he interracted with Historical/Mythalogical figures - is just genius.
Lavondyss is better than Mythago Wood (in my mind).
"Eye among the blind" is a superb blend of sci-fi-ish and mythology - "Earthwind" - though, just brilliant

I read Earthwind a long time ago ... I remember enjoying it but I've only got the vaguest recollection of what it was about (leylines in space?). I've read Lavondyss, which was indeed good, although personally I'd have to pick Mythago Wood as the best if only because, as a sequel, Lavondyss wouldn't have existed without it. Not read his Robert Faulcon books or Celtica, though – I'll have to look those out!

Earthwind - vaguely (10yrs since I read it): Spaceship arrives at planet where strange creatures have ability to move about at high speed (turns out they can teleport - which in turn turns out then can move through time). Ship has a negotiator who uses I, Ching to predict outcomes. He goes to the cave where the natives of this planet talk to their Oracle (the Earthwind) - because the Oracle is a manifestation of the same power as the time travelling powers of the flying creatures it doesn't deal with predicitions it deals with absolutes - and it contradicts his prediction on his CHOSEN time of death with unusual and fatal consequences.

Re: Mythago Wood and Lavondyss - I read Lavondyss first... (which proves it was good enough to be standalone)

thanks for the online link... will give it a go on the recommendations!! usually find this sort of 'in game scene setters' a bit well.... naff... but will keep an open mind!!

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urgghhh white on black text... will have to put into a reader first!!! makes my eyes go funny!

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A lot of elite and fronteer and some oolite stuff are here:
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Category:Fiction

I'm not sure the oolite wiki actually has a fiction section. I suppose it really should do.

Mythago Wood is available as a free download on scribd.com, for anyone who's interested. You have to sign up for the site, but that's no problem - they don't flood you with advertising. In fact, there's quite a lot of good stuff available on the site - as well as quite a lot of very odd stuff.

Mike

finished 'the dark wheel' over the weekend... pretty sure i must have read it before sometime because it felt familiar but i cant recall!!

that was pretty good really... fairly obvious what was going to happen right from the get go.. but i liked the characters. good scene setter for elite..

alex was a bit too 'chosen boy hero cut out for greater things' and elyssia a bit too 'pass the baton' but not a bad yarn and i like the style... ill see what else of his i can find!!

A lot of elite and fronteer and some oolite stuff are here:
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Category:Fiction

loads of stuff there!!! has anyone done any reviews???

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