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The other half is the story itself–John Meyers Meyers knew how to write–and you’ll find yourself grinning till it hurts, chuckling over page after page, and reveling in Meyer’s prose and poetry. Of course the reader does, and that is half the fun. Being a modern rationalist, Silverlock had no patience for fancy and fable growing up, so he recognizes none of the characters he meets. Here Shandon–dubbed Silverlock by his traveling companion–meets such characters as Circe, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, and many, many more, finds himself swept along on many an adventure, and in the process, becomes a much better man. It soon becomes apparent the “Commonwealth” is the Commonwealth of Letters–the realm of all of western literature. Instead of dying (which would have made for a short book), Shandon finds himself cast ashore Gulliver-style in an unknown land, the Commonwealth. A cynical opportunist and fatalist (his opening line is: “If I had cared to live, I would have died.”), he is thoroughly “modern,” “rational,” and unlikable. The wrecked ship is the Naglafar–named for the ship Loki has made of dead men’s nails in Norse mythology. Like Robinson Crusoe, Silverlock opens with a shipwreck. But it’s been touched by everything else. John Meyers Meyers wrote it back in 1949, so this is a fantasy untouched by JRR Tolkien’s genre-redefining work.
Science fiction, American > Dictionaries.Silverlock is not so much a lost book as one that is constantly being rediscovered. Science fiction, American, English > History and criticism. Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism. by Karen Anderson) - Notes on the text - Acknowledgments. A book like no other / Karen Anderson (new) - Word of praise / Poul Anderson (1979 Ace ed.) - In appreciation of the commonwealth / Jerry Pournelle (1979 Ace ed.) - Silverlock's progress? / Larry Niven (1979 Ace ed.) - Silverlock / John Myers Myers (1949 Dutton ed.) - Map of the commonwealth / Bill Neville - Way one: sea roads, a forest, and a rendezvous - Way two: highways, a city, the river, and beyond it - Way three: down and out to an ending - Three draughts from Hippocrene / Darrell Schweitzer (new) - A reader's guide to the commonwealth / Fred Lerner & Anne Braude - Reader's guide source list / Fred Lerner & Anne Braude (Niekas 1988, rev.) - Silverlock library / Fred Lerner (Niekas 1988, rev.) - John Myers Myers checklist / Fred Lerner (new) - Inside scoop on John Myers Myers / Himself (Silverlock Companion, 1988) - John Myers Myers: the last Goliard / Celia Myers (new) - John Myers Myers: the man behind Silverlock / Fred Lerner (new) - Makers' muse / John Myers Myers (Silverlock Companion 1988) - Songs of Silverlock / Karen Anderson (1979 Ace ed., rev.)- Widsith's song / Words, John Myers Myers, music, Bruce Pelz & Ted Johnstone) - Friar John's song / Words, John Myers Myers, Music, Bruce Pelz) - Little john's song / Words, John Myers Myers, Music, Bruce Pelz) - Taliesin's song / Words, John Myers Myers, Music, Bruce Pel) - Orpheus's song / Words, John Myers Myers, Music, Gordon Dickson, arr.
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