The Forest of Peldain

The Forest of Peldain
First edition
Author	Barrington J. Bayley
Cover artist	Ken W. Kelly
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	August 1985
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	223
ISBN	0-88677-068-8
OCLC	12433450

The Forest of Peldain is the twelfth science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley. Set on the water world of the Hundred Islands, the Arelian empire attempts to seize control of the last island, Peldain, which within its dense forests contains an independent kingdom and an ancient secret.

Literary significance and reception

Rhys Hughes regarded Bayley as having "slackened off" after The Zen Gun, concluding that Vancean stylings of The Forest of Peldain were "not a substainable effort."^[1]

Andy Robertson, reviewing the novel in Interzone, dismissed the book as "[a] fairly minor potboiler."^[2]

References

↑ "Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley". The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
↑ "The Forest of Peldain". Astounding Worlds of Barrington J. Bayley. Retrieved 2012-11-15.

Works by Barrington J. Bayley

Novels

Robot novels	The Soul of the Robot (1974) The Rod of Light (1985)

Standalone novels	The Star Virus (1970) Annihilation Factor (1972) Empire of Two Worlds (1972) Collision Course (1973) The Fall of Chronopolis (1974) The Garments of Caean (1976) The Grand Wheel (1977) Star Winds (1978) The Pillars of Eternity (1982) The Zen Gun (1983) The Forest of Peldain (1985) The Sinners of Erspia (2002) The Great Hydration (2002)

Tie-in novels	Warhammer 40,000: Eye of Terror (1999)

Collections

The Knights of the Limits (1978)
The Seed of Evil (1979)

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