Things get weird, okay? Bear in mind that at this point we’re doing THE STORY OF ARTHUR THE SUB-STORY OF TRISTRAM THE SUB-SUB-STORY OF BREUNOR Now add to that the Sub-Sub-Sub-Story of Launcelot, because there’s this whole thing … Continue reading →
Hello! 1) So the responses to my question last Friday were overwhelmingly of this nature. “I like reading what you write five days a week, or maybe I just like knowing that it’s there and I could read it if … Continue reading →
So naturally a hundred or so knights come boiling out of Castle Orgulous, ready to avenge their fallen comrade. Breunor realizes he’s in over his head, so he carefully ties his horse up just outside Castle Orgulous, then goes back … Continue reading →
Kay watches them ride off. He’s annoyed at Breunor and Marcie both: Breunor’s really holding a grudge about Kay’s nickname for him (which Kay still thinks was hilarious) and Marcie insulted him to his face. “Hey, Dagonet,” he says. Dagonet, … Continue reading →
Hello, reader! We’ve been through a lot together, haven’t we? From the moment when we all realized Merlin isn’t so much a mentor as a jerk, to Arthur’s marriage to the Round Table (with Guenever thrown in as a bonus), … Continue reading →
THEN ALONG CAME MARCIE! She’s just the latest in a long line of damosels Malory doesn’t give real names to. He gives her a nickname. Several, actually. But Breunor gets a real name and a nickname both, so why be … Continue reading →
Ken Liu’s “the Oracle” (third person past tense, ~8.5 pages) similarly presents the social change from a major invention through someone whose life is severely impacted, even ruined, by it. Here, though, the focus is strictly on the personal. On … Continue reading →
We’re shifting gears for the next nine or ten chapters. Out with Sir Tristram the randomly bloodthirsty, in with Sir Breunor, aka the Black Knight (one of many), aka the Knight in an Ill-Fitting Suit, or La Cote Male Taile. … Continue reading →
Privilege theory comes up again, briefly, in “Julian of Earth,” by Colin P. Davies (third person past tense, ~14 pages). Tarn Erstbauer, native of an impoverished colony world, has parleyed the one major event of his youth into a wan … Continue reading →
Book VIII, aside from being one of the longest books so far, presents some hurdles. It starts with the timeline: I think it’s safe to assume that Book I happens before Book II happens before Book III happens before Book … Continue reading →
