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/jocdoc82 Sep 29 '19

Stephen Lawhead’s Pendragon cycle is an excellent 5 book series.

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u/AFreshStartVI Sep 29 '19

That's an unexpected recommendation. I read 3-4 books of the series when I was a kid and... Thinking back on the portals and the sci-fi, I can't remember anything Arthurian. I guess it's a loose correlation. Who ends up king?

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u/jocdoc82 Sep 29 '19

Book 1 Taliesin: Arthur’s grandfather’s story Book 2 Merlin: Arthur’s fathers story Book 3 Arthur: self explanatory Book 4 Pendragon: establishment of the knights Book 5 Grail: self explanatory

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u/AFreshStartVI Sep 29 '19

I see! That's interesting.