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Old 12-30-2009, 05:05 PM   #10
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Me too - 'Always Coming Home' is one of the best examples of world creation in contemporary fiction.
I wouldn't contest that, but I wonder, davem, if you know Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood series? It seems something you would be keen on. He has a fascinating depiction of the forest that makes the Ents just too tame while his study of ancient British folklore is fascinating.
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