King Arthur

durinsbane2244 · 05-03-2005, 09:07 PM

Does anyone else here enjoy Arthurian Legend books? I do. I saw a Gawain and the Green Knight. Tell some favorites so i can read them and favorite knights.

Spock · 05-03-2005, 09:37 PM

..my weakness, I've an "alert on Amazon and B & N" for anything with Merlin or Arthur when published. Years ago I reasearched them for over three years and planned and executed my quest in the UK, Cornwall area. I got very positive physci feedback and the three week investigation, for me, was confirming, illuminating and satisfying.

Rosie Gamgee · 05-04-2005, 09:55 AM

I love almost anything featuring swords and knights and damsels in distress. I suppose it sprang from a love of poetry; I've loved Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott for-almost-ever. I found a book with this poem in it along with some of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. If you like poetry at all, I would definitely recommend the Idylls. Terriffic stuff on Arthurian legends and based upon Sir Thomas Mallory's Morte d'Arthur.

Spock · 05-04-2005, 10:30 AM

Indeed, Rosie, I am familiar with all those. They're great, IMO.

inked · 05-04-2005, 10:42 AM

Since we have such Arthurian enjoyment obvious here, would any of you care to comment on the Arthurian themes and usages in Harry Potter by JK Rowling?

Spock · 05-04-2005, 11:20 AM

Well it would fall under this title but perhaps a new thread might make the subject matter more clear. If you want to start another thread, go ahead, then let me know and I'll close this one.

inked · 05-04-2005, 12:05 PM

Spock,

No need to close this one. I just thought it the correct group of interests to seek out and explore new worlds (etc, etc). I'll check in HP and open a thread there if there isn't a prior to reopen.

Grey_Wolf · 05-04-2005, 01:20 PM

Here's a list of all my King Arthur books.

ATTANASIO, A A:
THE DRAGON & THE UNICORN
THE EAGLE & THE SWORD
THE WOLF & THE CROWN
THE SERPENT & THE GRAIL

CORNWELL, BERNARD:
WARCHRT-1: THE WINTER KING
WARCHRT-2: ENEMY OF GOD
WARCHRT-3: EXCALIBUR

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN:
ARTHUR-1: THE SEEING STONE
ARTHUR-2: AT THE CROSSING PLACES
ARTHUR-3: KING OF THE MIDDLE MARCH

GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN:
KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND T.

LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R:
PENCYC -1: TALIESIN
PENCYC-2: MERLIN
PENCYC-3: ARTHUR
PENCYC-4: PENDRAGON
PENCYC-5: GRAIL

STEWART, MARY:
The Merlin Trilogi-1: THE CRYSTAL CAVE
The Merlin Trilogi-2: THE HOLLOW HILLS
The Merlin Trilogi-3: THE LAST ENCHANTMENT
The Merlin Trilogi-4: THE PRINCE & THE PILGRIM
The Merlin Trilogi-5: THE WICKED DAY

WHITE, T H:
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING-QUINTET
(AN ALL-IN-ONE EDITION: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind och The Book of Merlyn.)

Due to the fact that I've had loads of other books to read lately I have not been able to read any but the AA Attanasio- and Green-versions.

durinsbane2244 · 05-05-2005, 09:01 PM

grey wolf, read some gerald morris, he tells it all with amazing new twists.

also, harry potter does have arthurian stuff. dumbeldore is merlin, don laugh, but voldemort is morgan le fay(power turned evil), and the sword of griffindor out of the hat.

Grey_Wolf · 05-06-2005, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

grey wolf, read some gerald morris, he tells it all with amazing new twists.

also, harry potter does have arthurian stuff. dumbeldore is merlin, don laugh, but voldemort is morgan le fay(power turned evil), and the sword of griffindor out of the hat.

Thanks. I will do that.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-17-2005, 10:48 AM

i like arthurian legends also

**Nurvingiel** · 05-17-2005, 07:31 PM

*cough*
Arthurian Legends

Thread merge?

I do love Gerald Morris. Apparently he has a new book in the works. Or it has come out.
EDIT: "The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight" by Gerald Morris. link

durinsbane2244 · 05-18-2005, 09:17 PM

that new ones out, its awesome!

Jabberwock · 05-21-2005, 08:45 PM

Welp, if you're going to read Arhturian fiction, start with the old stuff. Morte D'Arthur, Cwllyc and Olwen (sp), Eschenbach's Parcival, etc. Its all a bit stuffy, and sometimes redundant, but the old stuff is where all this Arthurian legend stuff came from. I wouldn't recommend any of the modern arthurian fantasies. I'm particularly opposed to Zimmer Bradley's absurd Mists of Avalon.

Spock · 05-21-2005, 11:52 PM

I'm re-reading TMOA and finding it much more for women than I originally realized those sever years ago upon first read. Also Gwen. is a much more unlikeable personage. However, the story as told from a womans point of view has a charm and tact that I found compelling to go through once again.

Rosie Gamgee · 05-25-2005, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabberwock

I'm particularly opposed to Zimmer Bradley's absurd Mists of Avalon.

*stews*.... freaking wimpy Lancelot... wimpy Arthur... wimpy Guinevere.... LOUSY! The only thing remotely good about it was little Freddie Highmore.

durinsbane2244 · 05-25-2005, 07:43 PM

Yes, the mists of avalon were dissapointing, though one of its few strongpoints were the fact that it was through the eyes of the women and that it was from the viewpoint that the druids were the true religion, when its usually potrayed with the druids as the heathens. . . .

durinsbane2244 · 05-25-2005, 07:46 PM

oh, and everybody read the sword and the circle by rosemary sutcliff,
this is by far one of the best books ive read on arthur, and its part of a trilogy, though i cant find the others.

and the aptly named "arthur trilogy"

and the sword of the rightful king.

Grey_Wolf · 07-29-2005, 01:19 PM

I think for sher poeticism AA attanasio's quartet is a recommended read. I'm rereading it now.

Spock · 07-29-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

oh, and everybody read the sword and the circle by rosemary sutcliff,and the aptly named "arthur trilogy"
and the sword of the rightful king.

I found this at my local library:
The seeing stone : Arthur trilogy book one / by Kevin Crossley- Holland. (2001)
Is it part?

05-03-2005, 09:07 PM	#1
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	King Arthur Does anyone else here enjoy Arthurian Legend books? I do. I saw a Gawain and the Green Knight. Tell some favorites so i can read them and favorite knights. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-03-2005, 09:37 PM	#2
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..my weakness, I've an "alert on Amazon and B & N" for anything with Merlin or Arthur when published. Years ago I reasearched them for over three years and planned and executed my quest in the UK, Cornwall area. I got very positive physci feedback and the three week investigation, for me, was confirming, illuminating and satisfying. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-04-2005, 09:55 AM	#3
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I love almost anything featuring swords and knights and damsels in distress. I suppose it sprang from a love of poetry; I've loved Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott for-almost-ever. I found a book with this poem in it along with some of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. If you like poetry at all, I would definitely recommend the Idylls. Terriffic stuff on Arthurian legends and based upon Sir Thomas Mallory's Morte d'Arthur. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

05-04-2005, 10:30 AM	#4
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Indeed, Rosie, I am familiar with all those. They're great, IMO. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-04-2005, 10:42 AM	#5
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Since we have such Arthurian enjoyment obvious here, would any of you care to comment on the Arthurian themes and usages in Harry Potter by JK Rowling? __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-04-2005, 11:20 AM	#6
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Well it would fall under this title but perhaps a new thread might make the subject matter more clear. If you want to start another thread, go ahead, then let me know and I'll close this one. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-04-2005, 12:05 PM	#7
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Spock, No need to close this one. I just thought it the correct group of interests to seek out and explore new worlds (etc, etc). I'll check in HP and open a thread there if there isn't a prior to reopen. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-04-2005, 01:20 PM	#8
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Here's a list of all my King Arthur books. ATTANASIO, A A: THE DRAGON & THE UNICORN THE EAGLE & THE SWORD THE WOLF & THE CROWN THE SERPENT & THE GRAIL CORNWELL, BERNARD: WARCHRT-1: THE WINTER KING WARCHRT-2: ENEMY OF GOD WARCHRT-3: EXCALIBUR CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN: ARTHUR-1: THE SEEING STONE ARTHUR-2: AT THE CROSSING PLACES ARTHUR-3: KING OF THE MIDDLE MARCH GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN: KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND T. LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R: PENCYC -1: TALIESIN PENCYC-2: MERLIN PENCYC-3: ARTHUR PENCYC-4: PENDRAGON PENCYC-5: GRAIL STEWART, MARY: The Merlin Trilogi-1: THE CRYSTAL CAVE The Merlin Trilogi-2: THE HOLLOW HILLS The Merlin Trilogi-3: THE LAST ENCHANTMENT The Merlin Trilogi-4: THE PRINCE & THE PILGRIM The Merlin Trilogi-5: THE WICKED DAY WHITE, T H: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING-QUINTET (AN ALL-IN-ONE EDITION: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind och The Book of Merlyn.) Due to the fact that I've had loads of other books to read lately I have not been able to read any but the AA Attanasio- and Green-versions. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 05-04-2005 at 01:27 PM.

05-05-2005, 09:01 PM	#9
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	grey wolf, read some gerald morris, he tells it all with amazing new twists. also, harry potter does have arthurian stuff. dumbeldore is merlin, don laugh, but voldemort is morgan le fay(power turned evil), and the sword of griffindor out of the hat. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-17-2005, 10:48 AM	#11
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i like arthurian legends also

05-18-2005, 09:17 PM	#13
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	that new ones out, its awesome! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-21-2005, 08:45 PM	#14
Jabberwock Enting Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canadian temporarily in USA. Posts: 55	... Welp, if you're going to read Arhturian fiction, start with the old stuff. Morte D'Arthur, Cwllyc and Olwen (sp), Eschenbach's Parcival, etc. Its all a bit stuffy, and sometimes redundant, but the old stuff is where all this Arthurian legend stuff came from. I wouldn't recommend any of the modern arthurian fantasies. I'm particularly opposed to Zimmer Bradley's absurd Mists of Avalon.

05-21-2005, 11:52 PM	#15
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I'm re-reading TMOA and finding it much more for women than I originally realized those sever years ago upon first read. Also Gwen. is a much more unlikeable personage. However, the story as told from a womans point of view has a charm and tact that I found compelling to go through once again. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-25-2005, 07:43 PM	#17
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	Yes, the mists of avalon were dissapointing, though one of its few strongpoints were the fact that it was through the eyes of the women and that it was from the viewpoint that the druids were the true religion, when its usually potrayed with the druids as the heathens. . . . __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-25-2005, 07:46 PM	#18
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	oh, and everybody read the sword and the circle by rosemary sutcliff, this is by far one of the best books ive read on arthur, and its part of a trilogy, though i cant find the others. and the aptly named "arthur trilogy" and the sword of the rightful king. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-29-2005, 01:19 PM	#19
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I think for sher poeticism AA attanasio's quartet is a recommended read. I'm rereading it now.

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