Posted on 05/24/2020 7:59:19 AM PDT by tbw2
I remember as a twenty-two-year-old being excited when I saw a new book called the The Mists of Avalon by an author called Marion Zimmer Bradley. Mists was presented as the retelling of the Arthurian legend from the point of view of the women of Camelot, which I thought was a thrilling idea. However, I found the book heavy on paganism and morbid, explicit sex scenes, but light on romance, heroism, chivalry, mystery, faith and all the qualities I had come to love in the Camelot stories. I never read any of the author's other books and did not care to see the miniseries. Overall, I saw Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel as a disappointment and a betrayal of the spirit of Camelot.
.... This brings us to Moira Greyland's recent book, The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon. A book about her mother and the sexual revolution.
(Excerpt) Read more at teaattrianon.blogspot.com ...
The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon
https://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-last-closet-dark-side-of-avalon.html
Stick with Thomas Malory and T.H. White. Although I did kind of enjoy Mary Stewart’s “Merlin Trilogy”. Although it’s more of a “good read” than it is great epic literature.
Note to myself, stop saying “although” so much.
If you really want a good story of the historical Arthurian legend, read Bernard Cornwell’s three volume The Warlord Chronicles. The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur. Riveting reading.
And when you’re done with that read the rest of his stuff, particularly the Saxon Chronicles.
One day, King Arthur had to leave the kingdom for an extended period. He took his most trusted knight, Lancelot, aside for a moment.
“Lancelot, I fear Guinevere is not entirely faithful to me. Therefore, I have placed a chastity belt upon her. Now I entrust you alone with the key”, and with that, placed the key in his hand.
Soon Arthur was on his way. Before he left behind sight of the castle, however, he heard a galloping horse racing up to him. It was Lancelot.
“King Arthur! King Arthur! You’ve given me the wrong key!”
“heavy on paganism and morbid, explicit sex scenes, but light on romance, heroism, chivalry, mystery, faith and all the qualities I had come to love in the Camelot stories”
It is the product of a diseased mind. The author was a sicko; the specific kind of sicko who likes to take that which is good, and pervert it to fit their illness.
I know another joke about Guinevere, Lancelot, and a chastity belt, but the similarity ends there. The punchline is much different.
I stopped reading anything about "Merlin" once I had seen and heard Daniel, Amanda, Cameron, and Teal'c resolve the Merlin fable once and for all in 2007...
I thought about posting that one, but I decided against it.
Bradley and her husband were pedos, IIRC?
One of King Arthur’s knights had been slain by a great golden dragon, which had subsequently taken over the late knight’s castle and was holding the princess prisoner.
King Arthur asked for a volunteer to slay the dragon, retake the castle, and claim his spurs.
The first volunteer rode off, arrived at the moat, called out his challenge, and the drawbridge slapped down, the dragon’s large hand emerged and snatched the would-be knight off his horse, and pulled him inside, where a horrible munching sound was heard. The page boy fled back to Camelot.
King Arthur asked for another volunteer, and suggested the same page boy acconpany him.
Same thing happened.
King Arthur asked for a third volunteer. No one stepped forward. The page boy stood up and said he would try. To the cheers of all present, he headed back to the castle.
He arrived at the moat, shouted his challenge, then took cover behind some bushes. The drawbridge slammed open, the dragon’s hand emerged, groping blindly in the air. The page boy ducked down and ran in underneath, slipped across the drawbridge, yanked the lever to drop the porticullis on the dragon’s forelimb, then ran past and up the spiral stairs to the princess’ cell.
After the dragon’s cries of pain ended, he page boy led the princess down the staircase, found the dead dragon all bled out, and took her by the hand, walking her to Camelot.
He was knighted and given the castle and married to the princess by King Arthur himself.
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The lesson learned? :et your pages do the walking through the yellow fingers.
The audiobook version of Moira Greyland’s “The Last Closet” is out.
https://arkhavencomics.com/product/the-last-closet-audiobook/
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