The Forest of Peldain

The Forest of Peldain

First edition
Author	Barrington J. Bayley
Cover artist	Ken W. Kelly
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	August 1985
Publication place	United States
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.[1] 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 sustainable effort."[2]

Andy Robertson, reviewing the novel in Interzone, dismissed the book as "[a] fairly minor potboiler."[3]

References

1. The Forest of Peldain at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. "Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley". The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
3. "The Forest of Peldain". Astounding Worlds of Barrington J. Bayley. Retrieved 15 November 2012.