Showing posts with label King Arthur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Arthur. Show all posts
Friday, January 5, 2024

The Truth of the Matter of Britain

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Something about January has been bringing me back to King Arthur. Maybe it's the promise of renewal, of a hopeful dawn on a new golden a...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

The Goshawk, T.H. White

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Enraptured by a raptor... The author of a blog I follow mentioned in an off-hand way the life-affirming power in this obscure title by T.H. ...
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Saturday, January 14, 2023

The big Excalibur post

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Up on the blog of DMR Books is the big Excalibur post I've been meaning to write for years. 2K words about not just one of my favorite f...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Last Call by Tim Powers, a review

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Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player twenty years ago and hasn’t returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

A holy grail (of sorts) for fans of Tolkien and King Arthur

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Sorry for the lack of posts of late, I sincerely hope to get back on a more regular schedule. But here is a bit of news worth sharing: Accor...
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Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Dragon Lord by David Drake, a review

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Some twenty years before TheWarlord Chronicles , a grim and gritty take on the Arthurian mythos by historical fiction author Bernard Cor...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

Excalibur remake dead? Good

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I came across this old story while surfing the web after the recent news of Nicol Williamson’s passing: Bryan Singer Excalibur Remake Is De...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Rest in Peace, Nicol Williamson

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The actor who gave us the best wizard ever put to screen has died: Rest in Peace, Nicol Williamson, age 75. His son has a few moving words t...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Entering the Lists in Defense of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe

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There’s a school of thought that views the Middle Ages as a dark gulf between the Classical Age and the rebirth of reason known as the Renai...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Grails: Quests of the Dawn: Or, where’s my knights, dude?

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In John Boorman’s Excalibur there’s a scene in which an ailing, aging King Arthur prepares to send his knights on the quest for the holy gr...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Camlann

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1. Battle of Camlann , from various sources Many a spear was thrust and splintered, Many a stern word spoken; Many a sword was hacked and be...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

REH and other omissions aside, Rings, Swords, and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature a worthy listen

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Slowly—too slowly and decades overdue, in my opinion—fantasy literature is gaining a foothold in colleges and universities. Long ignored and...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: The Book of Merlyn and its Howardian connection

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A good man’s example always does instruct the ignorant and lessens their rage, little by little through the ages, until the spirit of the wa...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Of used book fairs and old King Arthur

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I love used book fairs. I find them irresistible, like a dish of peanut M&Ms placed on my desk while I’m trying to work. A local library...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: King Arthur film to get 300 treatment

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Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that comic book writer/novelist Warren Ellis is currently working on a script for a King Arthur movie that ...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: The Life of Sir Aglovale De Galis

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(Warning—some spoilers ahead) King Arthur: Which is our greatest quality of knighthood? Courage, compassion, loyalty, humility? What do you ...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

The Grail? I've already got one

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Joseph of Arimathea used it to collect Christ's blood. King Arthur's knights spent decades questing for it, scouring Britain from en...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Coming home to the dark: A review of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

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When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Fi...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Fighting the World: Too few shining examples in a fantasy film wasteland

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A couple of the regular blogs I visit have recently posited that all fantasy films more or less suck . Granted, Noisms and James were both ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008

On the trail of the Grail: A review of Over Sea, Under Stone

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So therefore, I trust it to this land, over sea and under stone, and I mark here the signs by which the proper man in the proper place, may ...
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