Merlin by Mary Stewart

poshm · 12-20-2009, 04:48 PM

Does anyone please know where I might find and purchase Mary Stewart's Merlin series (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment) preferably as an epub file?

Bearing in mind I am in the UK and I don't have a Kindle! I know you can get these books on Amazon but I'd like to read them on my Sony reader.

Also can anyone recommend any other good ebooks based on the Merlin / King Arthur legends - more in the form of fantasy fiction.

Thanks if you can help.

BenG · 12-20-2009, 05:49 PM

Amazon seems to have the first book but it's listed as "Mary Stewart: The Crystal Cave by Jennifer Bailey"
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Stewart-C...tag=inkmesh-20
I downloaded a sample and from what I can remember it seems to be Stewart's book. Do you think someone uploaded a bootleg?
I don't see that anyone else has it.

Other books based on King Arthur would be T.H. White's Once and Future King, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, and Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, The Lost Years of Merlin series by T.A. Barron, and Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw.

kjk · 12-20-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

Other books based on King Arthur would be T.H. White's Once and Future King, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, and Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, The Lost Years of Merlin series by T.A. Barron, and Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw.

And, perhaps more peripherally, The Dark is Rising series, by Susan Cooper, and The Fionavar Tapestry, by Guy Gavriel Kay.

poshm · 12-20-2009, 08:56 PM

Karma to you both for the other suggestions thank you

I shall enjoy investigating some different reads.

WillAdams · 12-21-2009, 09:19 AM

A couple of other, slightly off-beat (but wonderfully done) Arthurian novel (at one point in time I was trying to stay up on reading all of them, but then the quality got off) recommendations:

Arthur, King --- Dennis Lee Anderson --- Arthur as a WWII Spitfire pilot --- delightfully well done
Black Horses for the King --- Ann McCaffrey --- an exploration of why so many taverns in England are named for black horses
Excalibur --- Sanders Anne Laubenthal (not Elizabeth Ann Scarborough as I'd originally written ---- my thanks to Slite for the correction) --- the Welsh in pre-Columbus America

and I'll second the suggestions of Susan Cooper's _The Dark is Rising_ pentalogy --- one of my favourite series and Gillian Bradshaw's books.

William

astra · 12-25-2009, 11:49 AM

You can get all of them on the Darknet but formatting is not perfect. Italics are missing. I am looking forward to purchasing a legal version if we ever get one....

pdurrant · 12-25-2009, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Amazon seems to have the first book but it's listed as "Mary Stewart: The Crystal Cave by Jennifer Bailey"
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Stewart-C...tag=inkmesh-20
I downloaded a sample and from what I can remember it seems to be Stewart's book. Do you think someone uploaded a bootleg?

It looks like a bootleg version to me. I rather doubt that Mary Stewart is seeing any of the purchase price.

JSWolf · 12-25-2009, 12:53 PM

Mary Stewart's Merlin Series is not legally available in eBook format that I can find.

chlorine · 01-03-2010, 04:05 AM

I had no idea Steinbeck had written something about the Arthurian legend!

This goes on my wishlist right now.

Another excellent book on this theme is L'enchanteur by Barjavel, but it's in French and I don't think it has been translated into English.

Ea · 01-07-2010, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillAdams

A couple of other, slightly off-beat (but wonderfully done) Arthurian novel (at one point in time I was trying to stay up on reading all of them, but then the quality got off) recommendations:

Arthur, King --- Dennis Lee Anderson --- Arthur as a WWII Spitfire pilot --- delightfully well done
Black Horses for the King --- Ann McCaffrey --- an exploration of why so many taverns in England are named for black horses
Excalibur --- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough --- the Welsh in pre-Columbus America

and I'll second the suggestions of Susan Cooper's _The Dark is Rising_ pentalogy --- one of my favourite series and Gillian Bradshaw's books.

Thanks for the alternative 'Arthur' suggestions. Looks interesting!

I'll third 'The dark is rising'. Brilliant series.

Sweetpea · 01-08-2010, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillAdams

Excalibur --- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough --- the Welsh in pre-Columbus America

Can't find anything on this book. Got a link?

Slite · 01-08-2010, 04:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Can't find anything on this book. Got a link?

I don't think it was Elizabeth Ann Scarborough who wrote that novel, I think it is this he is refering too:

Excalibur by Sanders Anne Laubenthal

Sweetpea · 01-08-2010, 06:03 AM

Thanks, that sounds like it... Too bad there's no ebook version of it...

Chewy · 06-02-2011, 12:51 AM

Hi
I no that this is an old thread but i read it the other day when I was looking for the same.
I have since discovered that Apple iBooks have just released the full Merlin series (including the 4th book) for $9.99 AUD called "Legacy".
I use it on my iPad don't no if u can use it on any other forum.
I was very happy with it maybe others might be as well now .
take care
chewy

caleb72 · 06-02-2011, 06:45 AM

I'll join the pile-on for The Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper! Brilliant!

12-20-2009, 04:48 PM	#1
poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	Merlin by Mary Stewart Does anyone please know where I might find and purchase Mary Stewart's Merlin series (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment) preferably as an epub file? Bearing in mind I am in the UK and I don't have a Kindle! I know you can get these books on Amazon but I'd like to read them on my Sony reader. Also can anyone recommend any other good ebooks based on the Merlin / King Arthur legends - more in the form of fantasy fiction. Thanks if you can help.

12-20-2009, 05:49 PM	#2
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Amazon seems to have the first book but it's listed as "Mary Stewart: The Crystal Cave by Jennifer Bailey" http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Stewart-C...tag=inkmesh-20 I downloaded a sample and from what I can remember it seems to be Stewart's book. Do you think someone uploaded a bootleg? I don't see that anyone else has it. Other books based on King Arthur would be T.H. White's Once and Future King, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, and Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, The Lost Years of Merlin series by T.A. Barron, and Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw. Last edited by BenG; 12-20-2009 at 05:54 PM.

12-21-2009, 09:19 AM	#5
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,234 Karma: 3350652 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	A couple of other, slightly off-beat (but wonderfully done) Arthurian novel (at one point in time I was trying to stay up on reading all of them, but then the quality got off) recommendations: Arthur, King --- Dennis Lee Anderson --- Arthur as a WWII Spitfire pilot --- delightfully well done Black Horses for the King --- Ann McCaffrey --- an exploration of why so many taverns in England are named for black horses Excalibur --- Sanders Anne Laubenthal (not Elizabeth Ann Scarborough as I'd originally written ---- my thanks to Slite for the correction) --- the Welsh in pre-Columbus America and I'll second the suggestions of Susan Cooper's _The Dark is Rising_ pentalogy --- one of my favourite series and Gillian Bradshaw's books. William Last edited by WillAdams; 01-08-2010 at 07:47 AM. Reason: correct author

06-02-2011, 12:51 AM	#14
Chewy Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Found Merlin series by Mary Stewart as ebook Hi I no that this is an old thread but i read it the other day when I was looking for the same. I have since discovered that Apple iBooks have just released the full Merlin series (including the 4th book) for $9.99 AUD called "Legacy". I use it on my iPad don't no if u can use it on any other forum. I was very happy with it maybe others might be as well now . take care chewy

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