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⌈ Secret Post #3771 ⌋

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King Arthur

[shortysc22]

I know bits and pieces of the King Arthur legend but I was looking for recommendations on a good book. Any favorites?

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

Le Morte d'Arthur by Malory seems the obvious place to start.

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

I did a bit of graduate work on Arthurian legend. I guess, what interests you? Is there a specific knight or character, or do you mostly like the stuff that focuses on Arthur himself? If you're up for reading medieval, Le morte d'arthur is one of the longest and most elaborate epics. Since it was written extremely late medieval period, you can even trudge through the original Middle English without too much problem (I found it kind of fun to read in Middle English). Gawain and the Green Knight was another of my favorites (super gay) and Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival was fabulous.

If medieval stuff doesn't interest you, there are obviously a large handful of contemporary and even recent Arthurian contributions that are usually considered staples to the genre. A Connecticut Yankee, even the (now dreaded) Mists of Avalon.

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

There is a UK tv series from the 1980s called Knights of God (available quasi-legally on youtube as nobody knows who the rightsholder is anymore) which is a post-apocalyptic re-imagining of the Arthurian myth (before re-imaginings were a thing, when we just called them re-tellings). I recommend it highly, lot of A-grade UK talent in it including Patrick Troughton and Gareth Thomas. It is not so useful as a primer, but for someone who likes the variations on the Arthur myth (or just likes classic British SFF) it is a great watch.
Ep1 starts here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgxJ3tsJXac

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

Holy crap, I haven't even glanced at the linked video, but now I'm wondering if one of my favorite YA/kid's King Arthur adaptations was inspired by this at all. Winter of Magic's Return and Tomorrow's Magic by Pamela F. Service are actually more Merlin-centric, but they're set in Britain 500 years in the future (a bet less now, since they were written in the late 1980s or maybe early 90s) when the world is just starting to come out of nuclear winter. But then, there's probably lots of post-apocalyptic King Arthur out there, since he's one of those "the King will return when his kingdom most needs him" types.

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

Oh man, I loved those books! My local library had a copy of Tomorrow's Magic and I ended up reading it before I had read the first one in the series. Did you know she wrote a third book just a few years ago? I think it's called Earth Magic or something similar.

Re: King Arthur

[shortysc22]

I watched the movie King Arthur and found it really interesting but realized I don't know much beyond the very basics of the legend, so I just want an introduction to the story.

Re: King Arthur

[ibbity]

As far as retellings go, I'd recommend Rosemary Sutcliff's trilogy "The Sword and the Circle," "The Light Beyond the Forest," and "The Road to Camlann." They're YA novels and fairly simple/straightforward in their narrative style but her prose is really beautiful and it's a good overview of the story cycle. As far as original pieces go, I can't recommend "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" enough, I love it so much. Le Mort d'Arthur is of course THE classic version (if you don't want to wade through the old-school language, John Steinbeck rewrote it in modern language under the title The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights.)

Re: King Arthur

[shortysc22]

Thanks for the list, I'll check it out!

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

Can't help you on the non fiction stuff, but for retellings, Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave trilogy is great.

Re: King Arthur

[shortysc22]

Thanks! I'm not necessarily looking for nonfiction, just stories people enjoyed.

Re: King Arthur

[(Anonymous)]

Do you like fruit?

Re: King Arthur

[raspberryrain]

There's also Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King, in modern English verse.