Tom Holt
Tom Holt (born Thomas Charles Louis Holt September 13 1961 in London ) is a British novelist. He is the son of novelist Hazel Holt , and was educated at Westminster School and Wadham College, Oxford .
Holt's works include mythopoeic novels which parody or take as their theme various aspects of mythology, history or literature and develop them in new and often humorous ways. He has also produced a number of "straight" historical novels writing as Thomas Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret , an unauthorized biography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989 .
Novels
Humorous fantasy
Expecting Someone Taller 1987 ), based on the mythology of Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen Who's Afraid of Beowulf? 1988 ), based on Norse mythology and historyFlying Dutch 1991 ), based on the story of the Flying Dutchman Ye Gods! (1992 ), based on elements of Greek mythology including a parody of Heracles Overtime 1993 ), based on the legend of Blondel combined with time travel Here Comes the Sun 1993 ), based loosely on the Celestial Bureaucracy reinterpreted along the lines of the British civil service Grailblazers (1994 ), based on Arthurian romance and the quest for the Holy Grail Faust Among Equals (1994 ), an imagined continuation of the story of Faust Odds & Gods (1995 ), which features assorted pantheons and their adventures after "retirement"Djinn Rummy (1995 ), based on the antics of various bottle-trapped djinn along the lines of a modern Aladdin My Hero (1996 ), in which literary characters can move between fiction and the real world. One of the main characters is Hamlet Paint Your Dragon 1996 ), based on the legend of St George slaying the dragonOpen Sesame (1997 ), based on characters from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesWish You Were Here 1998 ), in which a lake spirit grants four people their heart's desire whether they like it or notOnly Human (1999 ), in which four human souls are switched with a machine, a painting, a lemming and a demonSnow White and the Seven Samurai 1999 ), based on fairy tales (Brothers Grimm and others) making a world within a computer simulationValhalla (2000 ), based on Norse mythology Nothing But Blue Skies 2001 ), which features Chinese dragon sFalling Sideways (2002 )Little People (2002 ), based on faery legendsFeaturing J.W. Wells, the magic firm from The Sorcerer Gilbert & Sullivan :
The Portable Door (2003 )In Your Dreams (2004 )Earth, Air, Fire, and Custard (2005 )You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps (2006 )
Someone Like Me (2006 )Barking (2007 ), based on mythology including vampire/werewolf legendsThe Better Mousetrap (2008 )
Historical
Using Thomas Holt as author name.
The Walled Orchard (1997 ), which was originally published in two parts as Goatsong (1989 ) and The Walled Orchard (1990 )Alexander At The World's End (1999 )Olympiad (2000 )Song for Nero (2003 )Meadowland (2005 )
Other
Poems by Tom Holt (1974) (Collection of early poems)
continuations of E. F. Benson 's "Lucia" series set in Tilling
Lucia In Wartime (1985 ) fictionLucia Triumphant (1986 ) fiction
I, Margaret (1989) (satirical biography of Margaret Thatcher , with Steve Nallon)
Bitter lemmings (1997) (Songbook)
Holt Who Goes There? (2002) (short stories)
Parodies of musical works
External links
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