[LMB] Re: Arthurian, no!

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:46:57 -0400 (EDT), alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca
wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Azalais Aranxta wrote

[snip]

>> Arthurian stuff has been done, redone, overdone and done in to
>> the point where I won't touch it unless someone whose taste I
>> trust says, not that they like it, but that they think *I* would
>> like it.
>  
>

> And even then it would migrate to the bottom of my TBR.

> The story is depressing, and it's been done well by Malory, TH White, and 
> Mary Stewart. It doesn't need more repetitions.

> Frankly, the only Arthurian book I would look forward to rereading now
> is _The Sword in the Stone_ -- for Wat and the fewmets.

I must confess that I like Jack Whyte's take on the Matter of Britain (_The Sky Stone_ et seq.) But as is well known I have peculiar tastes. I like all of Kay's later stuff that I have managed to read. 

Jo Walton's _The King's Peace_, _The King's Name_ and _The Prize in the Game_ are Arthuriana crossed with the _Tain Bo Cualgne_, with female protagonists, and a happier ending. Great stuff.

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