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Title: Thorn Title Record # 48485
Author: Robert Holdstock
Date: 1984-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A stonemason working on building a church in rural Britain is secretly sculpting a likeness of The Green Man in the wall.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Jean-Louis Pias
French Thorn
1995Translated by Paula Reis.
Portuguese Pilriteiro
2003Translated by Philippe Gindre
French Thorn

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
8 1987 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thorn 1984-11-00 Robert Holdstock The Birmingham Science Fiction Group (Novacon #14)     26
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
chap  
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1986 1986-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.75?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Barclay Shaw Checkmark
Fiction, #386 1987-05-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F35.00?F: French frank
196
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
mag Alain Serruya  
The Bone Forest 1991-03-00 Robert Holdstock Grafton 0-246-13833-5
£13.99?£: UK pound
229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Geoff Taylor Checkmark
The Bone Forest 1992-05-00 Robert Holdstock Grafton 0-586-21292-2
£4.50?£: UK pound
268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Geoff Taylor Checkmark
The Bone Forest 1992-09-00 Robert Holdstock AvoNova 0-380-76781-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
247
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Tom Canty Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-02-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-214216-X
£17.95?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pete Lyon  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-03-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press, USA 0-19-214216-X
$25.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pete Lyon Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
499
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Pete Lyon Checkmark
A floresta de ossos 1995-00-00 Robert Holdstock Caminho (
Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica
#171)
972-21-1023-3   277
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Henrique Cayatte  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Thorn et autres récits 2003-03-00 Robert Holdstock
Denoël?Denoel
(Lunes d'encre)
    154
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Guillaume Sorel  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-04-17 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-280382-4
£9.99?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Dans la vallée des statues et autres récits 2004-03-04 Robert Holdstock
Denoël?Denoel
(Lunes d'encre)
2-207-25487-9
€26.00?€: Euro
555
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Guillaume Sorel  
Merlin's Wood 2009-04-09 Robert Holdstock Gollancz 978-0-575-08419-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
464
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
Merlin's Wood 2014-01-30 Robert Holdstock Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-08806-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
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