Le Morte D'Arthur or The Once and Future King? - Page 2

DixieGal · 03-12-2011, 08:50 PM

Arthurian mythology is a fun slippery slope. Once you read either, you will want to read the other. Then another. Finally you end up with a bookshelf full and proudly brag that you own the Arthurian Encyclopedia, even if you can no longer see the words. Then you re-collect them in epub. You translate some tales painfully and slowly from Old French. You take university courses on the historical Arthur and write a paper on Geoffrey of Monmouth. And then you get really intense. Or was that just me?

Wait what was the question?

seagull · 03-13-2011, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jgaiser

For whatever stupid reason, it's not available in the United States. Elsewhere.. ??

UK Store

Yolina · 03-13-2011, 06:44 AM

lol DixieGal, you should get started on the Shahnameh next

gmw · 03-13-2011, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Arthurian mythology is a fun slippery slope. [...]

Any votes here for Victor Canning's work? "The Crimson Chalice", "The Circle of the Gods" and "The Immortal Wound". It's been a long while since I read them but I seem to remember them being a rather more gritty variation of the theme, certainly they appealed to me more than many other attempts (not that I've ever considered "Morte d'Arthur").

HarryT · 03-13-2011, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by derangedhermit

Stupid publishers, not acting in their own interests. Amazon is halfway down the second page if you google the title + EPUB.

That's interesting. Amazon don't sell ePubs!

HarryT · 03-13-2011, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by seagull

UK Store

Thanks - just bought it. £4.49 is a good price.

Catlady · 03-13-2011, 11:06 AM

Surprised that no one's mentioned Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.

BenG · 03-13-2011, 11:15 AM

I just wanted to point out that the first three "books" of The Once and Future King (The Sword and the Stone, The Witch in the Wood and The Ill-Made Knight) were originally published separately and only when the fourth part was finished were they edited and published together as The Once and Future King.

The first part, The Sword in the Stone, is the only one is still available separately and it's worth reading even if you've read it in the larger book. A lot of scenes were edited out and new scenes written like Merlin's battle with Madame Mim and the goose scenes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swo...#The_revisions

DixieGal · 03-13-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Surprised that no one's mentioned Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.

And the prequel, The Forest House. Yep, i had them on the shelf also. But those are not strictly about Arthur, you know? They are terrific, but a long long way from Tennyson. He built a framework for all of the following generations of writers to hang their stories on.

BenG · 03-13-2011, 12:14 PM

I didn't really care for The Mist of Avalon, but by that time I was suffering from Arthurian fatigue.

There was an Arthur book by one of Tolstoy's relatives which came out about that time that I didn't read for the same reason.

Hamlet53 · 03-13-2011, 01:27 PM

Thought this might be of interest to others enamored with the legend of King Arthur. In Search of Myths and Heroes - King Arthur. Nice factual history of how the legend came into being. The BBC produced video for this program can be found on the Internet, or so I am led to believe.

HarryT · 03-13-2011, 01:39 PM

It's sold as a BBC DVD:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Myths...0037547&sr=1-1

There's also a region 1 US version available on amazon.com

DixieGal · 03-13-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Thought this might be of interest to others enamored with the legend of King Arthur. In Search of Myths and Heroes - King Arthur. Nice factual history of how the legend came into being. The BBC produced video for this program can be found on the Internet, or so I am led to believe.

The article is a very nice overview of historical Arthur research. It and the DVD would be plenty of background for anyone interested in Arthur. It gives an idea of how little is known about the warlord or warlords whose fragmented stories might have been cobbled together to create the Arthur character. Seven or eight oblique references over a period of a couple of centuries in the first millenium that sparked the imaginations of generations of storytellers.

drofgnal · 03-14-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Surprised that no one's mentioned Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.

I read it last year. I didn't care for it. After a while I kept saying 'Yes, I get it, you hate men.'

BenG · 03-15-2011, 12:32 AM

It's not my favorite book, but I didn't get that out of it.

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03-12-2011, 08:50 PM	#16
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Arthurian mythology is a fun slippery slope. Once you read either, you will want to read the other. Then another. Finally you end up with a bookshelf full and proudly brag that you own the Arthurian Encyclopedia, even if you can no longer see the words. Then you re-collect them in epub. You translate some tales painfully and slowly from Old French. You take university courses on the historical Arthur and write a paper on Geoffrey of Monmouth. And then you get really intense. Or was that just me? Wait what was the question?

03-13-2011, 06:44 AM	#18
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	lol DixieGal, you should get started on the Shahnameh next

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Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Surprised that no one's mentioned Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.

03-13-2011, 11:15 AM	#23
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I just wanted to point out that the first three "books" of The Once and Future King (The Sword and the Stone, The Witch in the Wood and The Ill-Made Knight) were originally published separately and only when the fourth part was finished were they edited and published together as The Once and Future King. The first part, The Sword in the Stone, is the only one is still available separately and it's worth reading even if you've read it in the larger book. A lot of scenes were edited out and new scenes written like Merlin's battle with Madame Mim and the goose scenes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swo...#The_revisions

03-13-2011, 12:14 PM	#25
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I didn't really care for The Mist of Avalon, but by that time I was suffering from Arthurian fatigue. There was an Arthur book by one of Tolstoy's relatives which came out about that time that I didn't read for the same reason.

03-13-2011, 01:27 PM	#26
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Thought this might be of interest to others enamored with the legend of King Arthur. In Search of Myths and Heroes - King Arthur. Nice factual history of how the legend came into being. The BBC produced video for this program can be found on the Internet, or so I am led to believe.

03-13-2011, 01:39 PM	#27
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's sold as a BBC DVD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Myths...0037547&sr=1-1 There's also a region 1 US version available on amazon.com

03-15-2011, 12:32 AM	#30
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	It's not my favorite book, but I didn't get that out of it.

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