The once and future king
Just bought pic related. What am I in for when it arrives? Kino or dead on the vino?
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:28:27 AM
No.24790605
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Second best Arthurian book after Arthur Rex
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:36:01 AM
No.24790617
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>>24790603 (OP)
one of those rare books suitable for young readers that grows and flowers along with them, always worth returning to throughout a lifetime
full of insights and understated humor
highly recommended
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:37:11 AM
No.24790618
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>>24790622
>>24790603 (OP)
it's great, very cozy, also it has the n-word in it
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:40:13 AM
No.24790622
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>>24790618
To the top of my list it goes!
It's fantastic. While I agree with the anti-communist political message, I think it made for a poorer book at the end. The rest, again, is fantastic. The humor and drama is second to none.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 7:49:34 AM
No.24790953
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>>24790603 (OP)
I have this on my shelf. Was trying to find a cozy autumn read so maybe this is a sign I should go for it.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 7:57:08 AM
No.24790965
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>>24790603 (OP)
Should I read this first or the death of Artur?
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 8:46:23 AM
No.24791028
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>>24790603 (OP)
Tried to read it once, but it was just cringey, generic fantasyslop
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 11:11:22 AM
No.24791193
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>>24790603 (OP)
I just received it yesterday read 50 pages. It’s cozy kino.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 11:18:46 AM
No.24791201
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>>24791679
>>24790603 (OP)
If you dont like it, I recommend you get your knights in shining armor fix from Orlando Furioso.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:53:15 PM
No.24791679
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>>24791689
>>24791201
Isn’t that about a guy that becomes a girl?
>>24791679
no, that's Virgina Woolf's Orlando. Orlando Furioso is about killing African invaders and witches and dragons.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 4:59:34 PM
No.24791698
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>>24791689
Huh. Well, to be fair, I’d be el furioso if I woke up as a woman one day too.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 5:31:49 PM
No.24791765
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>>24793941
>>24790823
>>24790975
TOAFK is a moderate liberal anti-war book of the type that was fashionable among Tolkien and Lewis. The parable of the ants is a reaction against any kind of state control, which is why it's contrasted with the freedom-loving geese.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 5:33:36 PM
No.24791768
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>>24791689
>didn't actually read the poem
Orlando Furioso is about your girl leaving you for a Moor and getting so angry about it that you punch sheep to death
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 5:42:43 PM
No.24791785
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>>24790603 (OP)
it's like a kid's book but with bigger vocabulary and a shitload of historical references
bretty good I would say
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 6:13:20 PM
No.24791834
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>>24790603 (OP)
I loved it as a kid and I loved it again when I reread it a few years ago. It’s a good one.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 6:19:53 PM
No.24791847
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>>24793938
>>24790975
He goes on a no-borders libertarian rant in the last post-humous book. It's the worst part, just Merlin lecturing for 50 pages, spelling out all of the lessons he gave Arthur and effectively ruining any magic. Dropped it halfway through. The first 4 books are great though.
Anonymous
10/11/2025, 6:38:11 PM
No.24791885
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My favorite book. There are somewhat jarring tonal shifts after the first two books, but they only add to the ultimate kino. There is a particularly beautiful passage near the end about the end of Arthur's peace that is nowhere surpassed when it comes to the whole mythology and Arthur story.
No need to read The Book of Merlin, which an anon above referenced (published separately). The ants/geese message stories are incorporated into the first book of the version the OP posted, and they're the best part.
ARTHUR WIGGER
10/12/2025, 5:48:42 AM
No.24793547
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>>24793771
>>24790603 (OP)
Ive heard Rosemary Suttcliffe also has a good Arthurian retelling
>>24793540
>>24793547
He died from cuckoldry though how can I take him seriously as a rolemodel
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 7:52:29 AM
No.24793786
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>>24793798
>>24793771
You should take him seriously BECAUSE he died from cuckoldry. That's a real death for a real man.
If the story were told in 2025, then they would all live in peace as he joins them in a polyamorous throuple.
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 8:03:20 AM
No.24793798
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>>24793771
>>24793786
He died from having an incestuous love affair thoughbeit.
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 8:21:41 AM
No.24793820
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>>24793843
>>24790603 (OP)
Anti-Irish. White should suffer for eternity
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 8:36:49 AM
No.24793843
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>>24793820
>Anti-Irish
I will now read this book.
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 10:15:39 AM
No.24793930
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>>24790823
It's mildly anarchist I guess? The end of book 4 has Arthur think people should live in small local political units instead of kingdoms and empires. Maybe a little bit like Tolkien as that other anon said, I think Tolkien said he was a kind of monarchist-anarchist but (if I remember rightly) was cynical about any human government being good due to his Chriatianity.
Anonymous
10/12/2025, 10:18:54 AM
No.24793938
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>>24791847
Yeah, book of Merlyn is atrocious, just using Merlyn as a mouthpiece for White's own opinions and uninformed theories about hormones and politics. One case where I'm extremely glad a publisher forced an author to remove material from their work. The best parts were incorporated in the first four books so nothing of value is lost if you skip it.
