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Author:  Arwen the webmaster [ June 4th, 2005, 12:24 am ]
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Just wondering if anyone else has read it. I just finished reading it a few days ago, and I found it really quite an interesting read. It's by Marion Zimmer Bradley (hopefully I got her name right), and it's basically the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the women of the tales. I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone under maybe 13 because of all the love affairs going on, but if you don't mind, and like medieval tales like I do, it's really intriguing.

This is kind of off-topic, but for anyone who's read it: I found it really interesting that Arthur's and Mordred's birth name was Gwydion, and that the Merlin's name was Taliesin, since if I remember correctly, both are characters in Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles.

I know that TNT produced a miniseries of Avalon, but I can't see Anjelica Huston as Viviane (whom I believe she plays).

Anyway...*signs off*
Author:  Herenya [ June 4th, 2005, 12:48 am ]
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I know several people who have read it and loved it! but I haven't gotten around to reading it myself, since I didn't know the author and could never remember.

Perhaps I should go looking for it...
Author:  amidell [ June 4th, 2005, 12:49 am ]
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that book was sad!!!1 :blush:
Author:  Arwen the webmaster [ June 4th, 2005, 1:34 pm ]
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I know! The end was quite depressing by itself, but the rest of it was pretty full of death and destruction too. Everyone I liked (Accolon, Galahad, and *thinks* I forget) died :disgust: Evilishy.
Author:  Cuilwen [ June 4th, 2005, 2:13 pm ]
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Hm, maybe I should read it. But there are lots of books I want to read this summer, so Mists of Avalon has to wait some time.
Author:  Blueeyedgirl4God [ June 5th, 2005, 3:16 pm ]
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Is it anything like the movie? If so, then it's really sad. :'(
Author:  Arwen the webmaster [ June 5th, 2005, 4:11 pm ]
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I dunno...I haven't seen the movie yet :P I want to though, although I'll probably be mad if too much is changed.
Author:  Leggieluver [ June 5th, 2005, 5:03 pm ]
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I have heard of that book, but I never thought of reading it. It sounds pretty good. I might go to the bookstore later and pick it up!
Author:  Sidawethiel [ June 6th, 2005, 12:40 am ]
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I love this book, I think it's pretty good :-D
Back in the day (Back in my day I used to walk 14 miles to school in the snow! Ugh I feel old using back in my day..anyways) Years back, I saw the mini-series on TNT, and being a Loreena McKennitt music fan, I decided to watch it, and you know the Arthurian legends all appeal to me. So, I watched the mini-series, it doesn't quite follow the book, but you can see the similarities. Anyways, I happened to have the book in my book case so I decided to read the book and loved it.
Author:  Eledhwen [ June 6th, 2005, 7:25 pm ]
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I love the Arthurian legends, so I picked up this book one day and I was like "Oh! From the girls' perspective! Cool!" After which I proceeded to snarf it down and came out of it liking it immensely. I just finished rereading it. I've always wanted to see the movie, but someone told me it wasn't good so...
Author:  Legolas6000 [ June 10th, 2005, 4:27 pm ]
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This is one of my all time favorite books! I originally read Firebrand and then my friend told me about Mists of Avalon. I started it when I was around 12ish but then I stopped because I had no time. Now I'm 14 and recently (uhh fairly recently) I decided to pick it up again but unfortunately I had to start over cause I forgot most of it. This time I finished it and loved it! So emotional and sad! Truly amazing writing.
Author:  Elberethsq [ June 12th, 2005, 12:21 am ]
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Oh yes, I think I've seen the book. I have never read it before. Anyone recommend it? Is it a series? I've kind of connected it with Harry Potter when I saw the cover. Anyway . . . oh no! I'm getting too many literature recommendations at this board! Does anyone want to try telling me about a book they absolutely would NOT recommend? :-D

tehe! :bye2:
Author:  Telturwen [ June 15th, 2005, 10:19 am ]
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I'm reading the book right now. My aunt told me it was good and I'm into all that King Arthur stuff, so right now I'm really into it. Too bad I'm a slow reader and am only on page 187. Aren't there about 800 or so pages? Yes, I have a while before I finish.
Author:  TariAmandil [ June 15th, 2005, 12:41 pm ]
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Yes, I read the Mists of Avalon. I didn't really like all that much. It was very interesting, true, but I thought it was slightly depressing. I didn't like how Morgaine had Kevin killed and then Nimue killed herself. I thought that was so sad! :'(
Author:  Maranwé [ June 17th, 2005, 2:44 pm ]
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I have only seen the movie (it´s my favorit) and read about the book on the net. I don´t want to read the danish version. I would like the english one...

I do belive in Avalon, and I think it´s such a mystery and I just love that subject and all there is related to that...I have encludet Avalon in my belives.

Maranwé
Author:  Arwen the webmaster [ June 17th, 2005, 11:32 pm ]
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TariAmandil wrote:
Yes, I read the Mists of Avalon. I didn't really like all that much. It was very interesting, true, but I thought it was slightly depressing. I didn't like how Morgaine had Kevin killed and then Nimue killed herself. I thought that was so sad! :'(


I agree, I was a little ticked off at how cold-hearted Morgaine became by the end of the book. Poor Accolon... :(

It's kind of funny though to see how The Mists of Avalon has influenced other writers. Today I was reading Tamora Pierce's The Immortals quartet (well, I'm only on book 1) and there was some mention of the Beltane fires and a guy with horns on his head, and I did a double-take to make sure I had read it correctly...but yeah, I guess Ms. Pierce was influenced by Avalon!
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