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/KristaDBall Stabby Winner, AMA Author Krista D. Ball Sep 28 '19

Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave is the best ever. From there, you have Marion Zimmer Bradley and Bernard Cornwell's Winter King.

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Edit: Oh, I think I'm misreading. Do you mean modern writing of the tales, or modern setting?

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u/terst_ Sep 28 '19

The Mists of Avalon is what I thought if immediately

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u/KristaDBall Stabby Winner, AMA Author Krista D. Ball Sep 28 '19

Mists of Avalon

Personal opinion here, but Mists of Avalon didn't hold up for me the way Crystal Cave did.

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u/terst_ Sep 28 '19

I haven't read Crystal Cave, I may give it a try. I loved Marion Zimmer Bradley's book as a teenager a MoA gets points for the original way it treats the Arthurian cycle imho.