cfv@packet.UUCP (07/05/83)
For those who like books like Shadow of the Torturer and the Tolkien series,
I have been reading T.H. White's 'The Once and Future King' and recommend it
as highly as I do the Urth books. For those that don't know, it is the story
of King Arthur and Camelot ('Its only a model.' 'Shh!') and is a very good
piece of fiction. There is a companion book 'The Last Book of Merlyn' that
I am looking forward to.
This brings up a very interesting question. How many versions of Camelot have
been done? I can think of some of the more obvious ones, such as 'Camelot'
the movie and play (the play was done last fall by Richard Harris for HBO
and was fantastic) and 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. The new book
'Mists of Avalon' tells the story of Arthur from the point of Guenever. If you
can think of other variations of the Camelot history, let me know. Replies
probably should come to me, and I will summarize, just to keep the volume
down...
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>From the dungeons of the Warlock:
Chuck Von Rospach
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(chuqui@mit-mc) <- obsolete!laura@utcsstat.UUCP (07/08/83)
For those of you who DISLIKED Shadow of the Torturer and Thomas Covenant, go out and read The ONce and Future King *anyway*. I hated SotT and TC, but the single funniest thing I can ever remember reading in my entire life is p 81 of The Sword and The Stone, the first book of The Once and Future King. The Sword and the Stone is for everyone, but the last 3 books are pretty much for Arturian Legend fans; it gets pretty dry in "the Ill-made Knight" for instance. I loved it all but then I love the Arturian Legends ... Laura Creighton utzoo!utcsstat!laura
Miller@SRI-NIC@sri-unix.UUCP (07/24/83)
From: Henry W. Miller <Miller at SRI-NIC> The subject of Arthur (no pun intended) can also be seen in DC Comics "Camelot 3000" series. This is a limited series, (12 issues) printed on Baxter paper (Really high grade stuff). The premise is: King Arthur arises again when England (and the rest of the world) really needs him: to stave off an alien invasion, led by none other than Morgan Le Fey... Not going to spoil it for you, but RUN to your nearestt COMIX store. HIGHLY reccomended. -HWM -------