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Disappointed that a lot of people didn't like The Once And Future King; I've got it sitting on my ereader waiting for when I move to England. I vaguely remember hearing that it's been called the greatest fantasy work of all time.
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Well, that sounds like me. I much prefer non-Tolkien fantasy. My knowledge of the Arthurian myths are pretty limited (do they teach them in English schools?) but recently I very much enjoyed Philip Reeve's Here Lies Arthur, the same guy who wrote Mortal Engines. Apparently he's a passionate fan of the legends and this was his own little YA contribution to them. It's an interesting take - Arthur is basically another typical, violent Celtic chieftan, and Merlin is a trickster and conman who is attempting to build up Arthur's legend to unite some of the smaller fiefdoms into a more prosperous kingdom. It's a neat little story in which all of the conflicting Arthurian myths are simultaneously "true" because they are deliberately manufactured and disseminated.
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