I have to say that the Mary Stewart Merlin books are my favorite take on the Authurian thing. Aside from Monty Python, of course. They, along with Tolkien, LeGuinn's Earthsea books, Narnia, the three McCaffrey Dragonsinger books, and Madelein L'Engle's Time Quartet comprised my childhood canon. Actually, I should also include Grimm's, Wind in the Willows, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Secret Garden, and Jane Eyre in that.
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