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Such a great series and a wonderful book to finish it.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/qrWqPy_biTk?feature=share

Enjoy!

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booklover3258

Once & Future Vol. 3 | Kieron Gillen

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Still enjoying the series. In this volume, we finally see Lancelot and all his glory. Needless to say not everything from tales are their enemies. They are trying to get the holy grail and the bad guys will stop at nothing to get it. Great story and wonderful illustrations.

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LisaBam

Nevelen van Avalon: Het leven van koning Arthur door de ogen van de vrouwen in zijn leven | Marion Zimmer Bradley

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I was looking for something magic, fairy tail-y and harry potter-y. I got 1000+ pages of repetitive writing, intrigues and incestuous sex scenes.

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booklover3258

Once & Future Vol. 2 | Kieron Gillen

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This volume is just as good as the first one. In this one, Duncan is still fighting monsters, very famous ones. While he is doing that, Merlin is helping the evil skeleton to find the items needed to destroy the while. Poor Galahad is changed and not for the better. Graphics are awesome and great story. Very bloody and violent. Looking forward to reading the rest in the series.

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Graywacke

Le Morte Darthur, Or, The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism | Sir Thomas Malory

After lots of playing around with decisions and introductions of various books, it seems i‘ve committed myself to this book - my new morning read. Bring on Mallory.

dabbe I had to read this one after reading THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. I'm interested to read what you think about it. 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

Graywacke @dabbe So far it‘s a lot less boring 😆 Ok. i read White‘s book when I was 15 and not a book reader. And that … a lot of years ago. 2mo

dabbe @Graywacke No wonder some of my students in honors English would look at me like this when we were reading it: 😳🥱😴💤... 😂 2mo

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Graywacke @dabbe 😆 high school students have no tolerance for good literature, today or anytime during my lifetime (i might be exaggerating) 2mo

Bookwomble This is one of my top five books. Love Malory! 2mo

Graywacke @Bookwomble wow. That‘s great encouragement. On one hand I‘m ridiculously charmed. On the other, it‘s 5 minutes a page. It‘s a 60+ hour read… But it‘s my morning. I‘ll take it slow. (edited) 2mo

Bookwomble @Graywacke One of my earliest memories (5 years old, perhaps) is of playing Sir Kay in an infant school play, and King Arthur and his knights have been part of my fibre ever since 😊 And, yes, it's dense! The stories in Malory are repetitive in nature, although often with different moral emphases, such as the love triangles between Arthur-Guenevere-Lancelot and Mark-Isoud-Tristram. 2mo

Bookwomble My favourite story, I think, is one that Malory created rather than retold: Sir Gareth. It draws from established Arthurian themes, but put together differently. It has an undercurrent of ancient rites and magic, and psychological archetypes that I find really engaging. (Sorry, I'll stop gushing!) 2mo

Graywacke @Bookwomble you have a freehand to gush on any of my posts. Especially on Mallory. I really know nothing. And you were acting characters i didn‘t know existed in infant school! You‘re a source for me! You and Monty Python! ☺️ (edited) 2mo

Bookwomble Python will probably be a more reliable source! ? And "act" would probably be a generous term. Still, it definitely influenced my love of folklore and chivalrous tales ? 2mo

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Dilara

Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart | Chr�tien de Troyes

The Lady of the Lake in the Jardin Korriganezed (korrigans are Breton leprechauns)
https://domaine-chaumont.fr/en/internationalgarden-festival/2025-edition-once-up...

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bibliothecarivs

The Quest for Merlin | Nikolai Tolstoy

Random book from our home library:

📖 The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy

Bookwomble I have this one, too 😊 I read it in the '80s during my peak Arthurian phase, so it's a bit hazy now, but I remember enjoying it. Have you read the tagged? It's Tolstoy's fantasy retelling of the Merlin story based on Welsh traditions, and I really enjoyed this one. It was intended as the first in a trilogy, which was sadly sidelined when he lost a libel suit.

Coming of the King

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bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble, I have not read that one. Your description made me think of The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, which I did read about 30 years ago for school and enjoyed.

The Crystal Cave: Book One of the Arthurian Saga

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bibliothecarivs

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard Pyle

Random book from our home library:

📖 The Story of the Champions of the Round Table Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve read many of the Arthur stories, but not Pyle‘s. It looks a bit daunting and yet, strangely compelling at the same time. 😊 5mo

bibliothecarivs @BooksandCoffee4Me , I just realised I never replied. I started it in the 8th or 9th grade but never finished it. I don't remember much about the writing but I have enjoyed Pyle's illustrations since I discovered his Robin Hood ones inside the Prince of Thieves soundtrack booklet. 🏹 1mo

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Born.A.Reader

The Crystal Cave: Book One of the Arthurian Saga | Mary Stewart

#DoubleLetterTitle #DynamicDs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛👌🏻 5mo

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 5mo

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JazzFeathers

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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#MedievalTolkien #FellowshipOfTolkien

I loved it! I loved the story and it was so frustrating to leave it as it was just beginning. All the characters were so intriguing.

I loved Christopher's commentary, though it was in places a bit too granular for my understanding.

I lived the chapters about the Silmarillion. It wasn't what l was expecting, because l noticed other, different relationships with Tolkien's work. I wanted more! ⬇️

JazzFeathers But maybe what l loved the most were Tolkien's own words about the alliterative text and the storie expressed in that metric. We know and love Tolkien for his imaginative stories, and we often forget he was a very passionate scholar too. I'm always impressed by the depth, and the passion of his scholarly work, few as we have the chance to read. I wish l had the education to understand more of his scholarly work. 6mo

JazzFeathers @Daisey @wordslinger42 @BookwormAHN @BethM @TheAromaOfBooks @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean @Susanita @AllDeBooks @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes @AnishalnkSpell 6mo

Daisey I very much agree with your review as well. I‘ve come to appreciate this style of poetry so much through reading his work and find that description incredibly interesting. 6mo

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