Tom Holt
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Tom Holt (born September 13 1961) is an author of parodic mythopoeic fiction. He is the son of novelist Hazel Holt.
Holt's "straight" historical novels, notably The Walled Orchard, have attracted widespread praise.
Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret, an unauthorized biography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989.
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Novels
Humorous fantasy
- Expecting Someone Taller (1987)
- Based on Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
- Based on Norse mythology
- Flying Dutch (1991)
- Based on the Flying Dutchman
- Ye Gods! (1992)
- Based on Greek mythology (especially Hercules)
- Overtime (1993)
- Based on the story of Blondel
- Here Comes the Sun (1993)
- Loosely based on the concept of the celestial bureaucracy, reintepreted as the British civil service
- Grailblazers (1994)
- Based on Arthurian romance and the quest for the Holy Grail
- Faust Among Equals (1994)
- Based on the story of Faust
- Odds & Gods (1995)
- Features assorted pantheons
- Djinn Rummy (1995)
- Based on the Arabian Nights
- My Hero (1996)
- Paint Your Dragon (1996)
- Based on the legend of St George
- Open Sesame (1997)
- Based on the Arabian Nights
- Wish You Were Here (1998)
- Only Human (1999)
- Snow White and The Seven Samurai (1999)
- Based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
- Valhalla (2000)
- Based on Norse mythology
- Nothing But Blue Skies (2001)
- Features Chinese dragons
- Falling Sideways (2002)
- Little People (2002)
- Based on faery legends
- The Portable Door (2004)
- In Dreams (2004)
- Both set in the magic firm from The Sorcerer by Gilbert & Sullivan
Historical
Other
- continuations of E. F. Benson's "Lucia" series
Parodies of musical works
- "I am the very model of a USENET Personality (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.tv.star-trek.voyager/msg/c0e8267c41cd98bc)" — a well-known (on the internet) parody of Gilbert and Sullivan's "I am the very model of a modern Major-General".
- "Impractical Man" (http://www.peteatkin.com/b10p.htm) — a parody of the song "Practical Man" (http://www.peteatkin.com/b10.htm) by Pete Atkin and Clive James.de:Tom Holt