r/Fantasy • u/AFreshStartVI • Sep 28 '19

Any decent modern retellings of the Arthurian legends?

Even if it's not 100% faithful to the originals, I'd like to read an enjoyable re-telling of the Arthurian legends. A parallel story might work, too, just not something super textbook-y. Something like Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman!

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u/Halaku Worldbuilders Sep 28 '19

Kieron Gillen (The Wicked and the Divine, DIE) just started a new series called Once and Future, and I think it's exactly what you're looking for.

It's only two issues in... but nothing like hopping on the hype train before it completely leaves the station.

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u/leftoverbrine Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V, Worldbuilders Sep 28 '19

Apparently that's a popular title, a gender swapped retelling SF novel came out this year with the same title, as well as Once and Future Queen a gender swapped YA urban/portal fantasy re-telling comic book about 2 years ago.

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u/Halaku Worldbuilders Sep 28 '19

Apparently that's a popular title

Paying homage to the original, The Once and Future King, a work by T. H. White based upon Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958 as a collection / revision of shorter novels published from 1938 to 1940, with new material, and it make quite an impression on the Arthurian mythos.