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Anyone have a suggestions on Arthurain books? I am on a bender for these latley. I get like that at times....
So far Mists of Avalon is the Favorite...
Thanks,
Audra
So far Mists of Avalon is the Favorite...
Thanks,
Audra
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Re: Suggestions on Arthurian/Camelot books
Tue, September 21, 2004 - 7:59 AMI highly recommend 'The Pendragon Cycle', by Stephen Lawhead:
www.amazon.com/exec/obido.../038070613X
It starts long before Arthur even arrives, with the destruction of Atlantis.
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Re: Suggestions on Arthurian/Camelot books
Tue, September 21, 2004 - 9:24 AMJack Whyte has a series out called the Camulod Chronicles. Starts with Arthurs grandfather and how Camulod came about, about the time when Rome was leaving the Isles. I like it.
www.amazon.com/exec/obido...351-1494418
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 2:02 PMIt's been awhile since I read it, but I remember T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" fondly. -
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 2:51 PMi recall a Science Fiction version by Michael Greatrex Coney but can't remember if it was The Celestial Steam Locomotive or Fang the Gnome or both.... -
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Sat, September 25, 2004 - 7:04 PMMethinks it was Fang and Gnome or its sequel....
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 6:54 PMHave both T.H.White books..."The Once& Future King" & "The Book of Merlyn"
These make for really concentrated reading...how he manages to cram up all these anachronistic details...imbuing a sense of "timelessness" to the Arthurian legends
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Wed, November 10, 2004 - 4:01 AMThere is a sequel to "The Once and Future King", it is called "The Book of Merlyn". You should give it a read. It is actually the final chapter that T.H. White wrote for the book and the publishers of the time removed. It has since been published as a seperate book under the above title.
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Wed, September 22, 2004 - 9:50 PMFor a twist on the Arthurian legend, check out the Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay (it's a trilogy). -
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 8:13 AMI found that to be more of the Summer King legend than specifically Arthur. Great series.
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 9:50 AMI love Guy Gavriel Kay! Good suggestion.
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 12:37 PMFor a twist to the whole Authur-ian legend ...try reading Peter David's two novels about King Arthur running to be the mayor of New York in the 1980's.
Title: Knight Life
Sequel: One Knight Only
(That *might* be reversed ... "One Knight Only" followed by "Knight Life") -
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 4:47 PMit is reversed.
i tried Knight Life, it didn't do much for me.
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 5:31 PMI rather enjoyed Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy consisting of:
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchanment
It is actually told from Merlin's viewpoint, from the time of his (Merlin's) childhood through the years of Arthur's reign. I found the characters and their relationships to be very interesting. It's not so much a 'fantasy' book, but as it does deal with the Arthurian legend, I think it qualifies here. -
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Wed, November 10, 2004 - 4:03 AMThere is a 4th book to this "trilogy". It is called "The Wicked Day" unless I am mistaken... Time for me to go check my shelves...
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 5:47 PMI second T.H. White. It's been a loooooong time since I read it, but one of Parke Godwin's books was based on the Arthur legend. -
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 9:11 PMFor my money, the best Arthurian re-hash is A.A. Attanasio's cycle.
The Dragon and the Unicorn
The Eagle and the Sword
The Wolf and the Crown
The Serpent and the Grail
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 5:40 AMI remember enjoying 'The Forever King', by Molly Cochran. There are two simultaneous plots: 1) The evil knight, Saladin, quests for the Holy Grail to gain immortality and 2) Having lost it, Saladin tries to recapture the Grail from a reincarnated 10-year-old Arthur in modern-day Britain.
I first read the book in high school, and again a few years ago. It's the first of a trilogy, which I didn't know until today. The others are 'The Broken Sword' and 'The Third Magic'.
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 6:09 AMI have read "The Forever King" also. Enjoyed it too. I didn't know there were more. Maybe I will have to check them out.
Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone. I am looking forward to reading the ones that I haven't come across before!
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Tue, October 12, 2004 - 2:06 AMI just recently started reading "Child Of The Northern Spring" by Persia Woolley. It's basically the story from Guenivere's point of view, starting with her leaving to go to Camelot for the first time, and sort of back and forth "flashbacks" to her earlier life leading up to leaving and her current travels to her new home. Good so far. It's about 460 pages, and I'm about 160 pages into it.
Also, it is apparently the first in a trilogy. (I did not know this when I puchased it several years ago. I misplaced it for a while... )
At one point I was on a 'bender' for stories with harps. :D (Then it was swords... and so on. :P )
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Re: Suggestions on Arthurian/Camelot books
Sun, January 9, 2005 - 1:50 PMOf course the Mary Stewart books are magical and wonderful, with rich characters. However, if you prefer a realistic slant which makes you feel like you could have been a part of the legend (were you born 1600 years ago), I would recommend Jack Whytes series starting with the skystone. The series is still in progress, and the newest book about Lancelot may not have been the best in the series, but keeps me pining for the next addition all the same.
