The Folk of the Air is a novel by Peter S. Beagle published in 1986.

Plot summary

The Folk of the Air is a novel in which medievalists from 1980s California travel back to the past.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Folk of the Air for White Dwarf #96, and stated that "Perhaps I'm disappointed that a writer as gifted as Beagle should only touch the surface of his medievalists, indulging a few ironies [...] but avoiding the depths of motivation which he's well fitted to plumb."

Reviews

  • Review by Faren Miller (1986) in Locus, #310 November 1986
  • Review by Charles de Lint (1987) in Fantasy Review, April 1987
  • Review by Baird Searles (1987) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1987
  • Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1987) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, September–October 1987
  • Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1987
  • Review by Maureen Porter (1987) in Vector 141
  • Review by David L. Transue (1987) in Thrust, #28, Fall 1987
  • Review by M. John Harrison (1987) in Foundation, #38 Winter 1986/87
  • Review by Orson Scott Card (1988) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1988
  • Review by Phyllis McDonald (1988) in Interzone, #23 Spring 1988

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