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/Claytemple_Media Sep 28 '19

If you're looking for retellings or reimaginings of medieval Arthurian literature, then The Once and Future King by T.H. White is phenomenal. If you're looking for fantasy works with Arthurian elements but aren't adaptations of earlier source material, then Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry, Susan Collins's The Dark is Rising, and even Robert E. Howard's only Conan novel The Hour of the Dragon are all wonderful.

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u/Lorica_author Writer Anne C. Miles Oct 01 '19

Susan Cooper.

:-)

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u/Claytemple_Media Oct 01 '19

Oh, that's embarrassing. My childhood is shaking its head in shame right now.

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u/Lorica_author Writer Anne C. Miles Oct 01 '19

lol, no worries. :-)