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A series of novels focusing on the Irish bard Felimid mac Fal. In addition, Felimid also featured in a number of short stories (many of which pre-date the novels); sometimes listed as the 'Felimid stories', they are also listed on this page.
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The Atheling's Wife
1976
single work
short story
fantasy
— Appears in: Fantastic , August vol. 25 no. 4 1976; (p. 90-106) -
The Forest of Andred
1976
single work
short story
fantasy
— Appears in: Fantastic , November vol. 25 no. 5 1976; (p. 92-117) -
Buried Silver
1977
single work
short story
fantasy
— Appears in: Fantastic , February vol. 26 no. 1 1977; (p. 58-83) -
The Demon Cat
1989
single work
short story
fantasy
— Appears in: Weird Tales , Winter vol. 51 no. 2 1989; (p. 70-83) -
Fugitives in Winter
1975
single work
short story
fantasy
— Appears in: Fantastic , October vol. 24 no. 6 1975; (p. 36-61) -
1y Bard New York (City) : Ace Books , 1981 Z1438957 1981 single work novel fantasy
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2y Bard II New York (City) : Ace Books , 1984 Z1439004 1984 single work novel fantasy
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3y Bard III : The Wild Sea New York (City) : Berkley Publishing Corporation , 1986 Z1439017 1986 single work novel science fiction
'I am called Felimid mac Fal. I am a bard of the old blood, a lesser degree of Druid. Where I come from, bards have been knows to sing armies to defeat or victory and kings off their throne or on to them. Descended from the faery folk, the Tuatha de Dannann, my line's been poets and harpers in Erin since the world was new, and magic's in our heart-marrow.
'She is called Gudrun Blackhair...as well as names a good deal less polite. She is the most dangerous pirate on the open seas, master of the enchanted ship Ormungandr, and the woman of my heart. If you wish to know more than that, ask the ballad singers and gossip mongers at any tavern. Half of what you hear will be fact, half will be lies, and even I can no longer separate the two. Yet this story, perhaps the strangest of them all, of shapeshiters and sorceresses and the sea-dwelling Children of Lir, is naught but the gods' own truth...on my honor as a bard.'
Source: Blurb.
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4y Bard IV : Ravens' Gathering New York (City) : Ace Books , 1987 Z1439041 1987 single work novel science fiction
'HE IS FELIMID MAC FAL, once a bard of Ireland. Now he uses his wits and his magic in the service of his lover, the most notorious pirate on the seas of ancient Britain.
'SHE IS GUDRUN BLACKHAIR, the lusty, legendary pirate chieftain who commands the sorcerous ship "Ormungandr" and numbers the shape-shifting Children of Lir among her crew.
'Together they've sailed through adventure after adventure, and never known defeat. But Gudrun's many enemies are gathering, and Odin himself will lead them into battle against her. How can a poet and a pirate hope to defeat a god?'
Source: Blurb.
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5y Felimid's Homecoming London : Headline , 1991 Z1439280 1991 single work novel science fiction
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Works about this Work
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The Sword and Sorcery Fiction of Keith Taylor
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 190-196)
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The Sword and Sorcery Fiction of Keith Taylor
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 190-196)