tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post6859785555144460398..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Fall of ArthurJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-61908915884816694082013-12-22T14:07:59.192-08:002013-12-22T14:07:59.192-08:00I had no idea there was another (unfinished) Tolki...I had no idea there was another (unfinished) Tolkien out! I'll have to add this to my list; I really enjoyed the selections from Malory I read in college.amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-26154475943195213952013-11-18T11:13:03.447-08:002013-11-18T11:13:03.447-08:00IMO Mary Stewart is better! I think you can skip ...IMO Mary Stewart is better! I think you can skip MZB, unless you really want to read it. Mists of Avalon kind of annoys me, so I am biased. It's very much a "Christianity = Evil Patriarchy Bad and Paganism = Benevolent Matriarchy Good" kind of a book, and I'm just not convinced. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-37597236570650912382013-11-18T09:46:36.027-08:002013-11-18T09:46:36.027-08:00I've just checked here (http://en.wikipedia.or...I've just checked here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_about_King_Arthur) and what I read was not The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, but The Merlin series by Mary Stewart. I guess I was just confused by Marion / Mary, ooops. So, sorry, Mary Stuart is the one I totally loved. But I guess now I have to read Marion Bradley for justice's sake!Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-44241610406514750352013-11-18T09:33:29.506-08:002013-11-18T09:33:29.506-08:00I would recommend that you read Roger Lancelyn Gr...I would recommend that you read Roger Lancelyn Green's "King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table," which is a wonderful book and based on Malory's version. If you want something a little more difficult, Andrew Lang's "King Arthur" is also very good and chock-full of varlets and suchlike language that makes it harder to follow. Both would be great read-alouds that Yuna would probably like too.<br /><br />You should read a modern translation of Malory, which is easy enough for you but very long and not quite G-rated. (Sir Thomas Malory was in jail when he wrote his compilation of all the Arthur stories he could think of, and it's called the Morte D'Arthur.) None of the really old stories are easy enough for a kid under 13.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-683823716953154352013-11-18T09:13:41.497-08:002013-11-18T09:13:41.497-08:00Jean, I haven't read much of the original sour...Jean, I haven't read much of the original sources. Do you think they are easy enough to keep Sujin's interest? AFAIK she doesn't know anything about Arthurian legend, so it might be fun for both of us to do it together. Or read out loud...jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-11426063134440634572013-11-18T09:10:29.417-08:002013-11-18T09:10:29.417-08:00I will write up a list of sources and suggestions,...I will write up a list of sources and suggestions, of course. :)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-87409519934539004372013-11-18T09:09:35.668-08:002013-11-18T09:09:35.668-08:00Also, Chretien is pretty easy and the stories aren...Also, Chretien is pretty easy and the stories aren't that long--what we would call novella-length.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-52731664594369870122013-11-18T09:08:34.349-08:002013-11-18T09:08:34.349-08:00Excellent! I'll start putting it together.
E...Excellent! I'll start putting it together.<br /><br />Ekaterina, I don't know about all of TOFK, but I'm reading the Sword in the Stone to my kids right now, and I think it's so much a product of its time and place that it can be hard to get for us non-Edwardian-English people. I keep having to stop and explain the jokes.<br /><br />Ruth, I will allow Howard Pyle as long as you also read at least one Chretien tale. You would like some of his stuff, I bet. Or you could get ambitious and read The Quest for the Holy Grail, which is chock-full of oddball pseudo-Biblical stories, and I'll tell you the story of how I read it in college and was the only person in class who knew which bits weren't actually in the Bible, and was thus primed to get hooked on WTM when I read it 10 years later...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-45231494645030248172013-11-18T06:44:20.934-08:002013-11-18T06:44:20.934-08:00I would probably do this if Howard Pyle would suff...I would probably do this if Howard Pyle would suffice. Otherwise, I may be open to suggestion.Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-86461135866786861832013-11-17T23:48:16.154-08:002013-11-17T23:48:16.154-08:001) I didn't know there was a new Christopher-e...1) I didn't know there was a new Christopher-edited work around! Although I always feel suspicious about his ways of making more and more money on stuff his dad probably didn't want to publish, I'll definitely read it, so thanks for writing about it! <br />2) I'm sooooo in for the challenge if you decide to do it! The Mists of Avalon was my favourite childhood version of Arthur stories, and I've tried The Once and Future King, but was not so impressed. This year I read Mabinogion, which may be the oldest source of Arthurian tales, and I liked it a lot! I'd love to dig into different retellings of the legends, and I have been meaning to read some of them (Malory, for example) for a long time!Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-58620214058081513272013-11-17T21:50:32.314-08:002013-11-17T21:50:32.314-08:00I have Malory on the radar for the beginning of th...I have Malory on the radar for the beginning of the year so a challenge would work perfectly! I also have some Howard Pyle and T.H. White I'm looking at but they might not qualify as old enough. In any case, great idea!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-34106681879791457182013-11-17T19:44:05.943-08:002013-11-17T19:44:05.943-08:00I have been meaning to read more Chrétien for year...I have been meaning to read more Chrétien for years. That would be nice if you would provide the excuse.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com