Barbarossa has suggested we finish the last vol in Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles, so we have posted the folder for that today.

There havent been many Arthurians participating in the Cornwell discussions, so I thought we should also start nominating titles for an upcoming read. The plan is to start a group read at the end of May/beginning of June. The reason for the timeframe, several of us are finishing up a semester or working on writing projects and need time to get past that. So start making nominations for this read and I will set up a voting poll in a week or so.

In the mean time, if anyone would like to start some other reading discussions on particular books, in addition to Cornwell of course, I will post folders for those if you like.

What next then? My shillings worth of suggestions:
Malory The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler
Le Morte D'Arthur The Winchester Manuscript
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tristan With the Surviving Fragments of the 'Tristan of Thomas'
But, by Myrddin's ragged beard, I'll go for anything else that folks fancy.

What next? Hm.

What about the The Dark is Rising series? It's 5 books but being YA it would be a quick read and might be new to a lot of people.

Or what about Canning's The Crimson Chalice, or Nikolai Tolstoy's Merlin series (starts with The Coming of the King) ?

The Once and Future King?

These are all great suggestions as far as I am concerned.

I might add the Mabinogion, mainly because I want to know more about the history of it, shall I say?

Michele, your suggestion interested me because I was not aware that the Tolstoy was a series. I have looked at the book before but haven't read any of it (The Coming).

Should I put a voting poll up by end of the week? Anyone want to add some more suggestions?

I read The Coming of the King ages ago. I enjoyed it. He never finished the series though and it's the only part that was published, think it's out of print now. Would re-read if I can find a copy though.
But I'll go with the flow.

Tolstoy has a non-fiction Merlin book, too. I think it was calledThe Quest for Merlin. It may be out of print, too. It was actually quite good and built a reasonable case around the six poems in the Black Book of Carmarthen about/by Myrddin and the Scottish Lailoken - both wild men in the forest. It was interesting because it brought in some of the Scottish material. I've lost my copy, though...

Duntay wrote: "Tolstoy has a non-fiction Merlin book, too. I think it was calledThe Quest for Merlin. It may be out of print, too. It was actually quite good and built a reasonable case around the ..."

Aye, enjoyed The Quest for Merlin. Touched on the wildman/shaman called Sweeney/Suibhne as well. Think it puts Merlin in Dumfries and Galloway as a conclusion...might be wrong, was a wee while ago I read this.

Regarding Gawain: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/t...

Thanks for that. Must get around to reading his translation. I have a copy somewhere..It looks like it will be the highlight of the Poetry Season. Though Michael Wood is doing an episode on Beowulf sometime this week.

There was an interview with Simon Armitage some time ago, about writing the translation and he said they didn't like the look at him and gave him a hard time when he wanted to see the manuscript.

The BBC can be sticklers for location. A colleague and I had to trek to the top of Dundee Law for a radio show!

Read the Armitage Gawain last week and enjoyed it.
Look forward to the BBC doc, and also the Michael Wood Beowulf thing (didn't know about it until you mentioned it).

Beowulf is on Thursday on BBC4...pish, I don't get BBC 4. Still I'm sure it'll be on one of the others later.

There's a BBC 4?

There's a BBC 3?

I've been away from Britain too long.

Just about finished Morte.
Anyone up for anything else soon?

I don't have a major pick right now, my mind has been scattered to different projects even during the Malory read. I am still open to anything either modern or early classic -- it's all good stuff.

Something literary. Tennyson? White?

Nothing too modern or post-modern.

I wouldn't mind Tennyson. Especially since we seem to have been discussing the 19th century impact on the legends this week.

Idylls of the King anyone?

Hi Anna,

Idylls of the King is a great read. I would join if we could get a group going.....

I admit slacked off in the Malory group due to a much busier summer than expected, but I think I could commit to reading Tennyson over the next month.

Anna,

Same with me about the busy summer and projects limiting my reading time. It is a nice one to savor and not rush through, if we can set a discussion date a few weeks out.

I would be into Tennyson should you decide to go there in a few weeks. I've already got the book but it is yet unread.

I'm in.

Anna,

I'm in too.

Do you want to choose a date to begin discussion and I will post it on the top of the group page?

I've got the book on my summer reading list, so inspiration to read Idylls of the King would be a good thing. Hee.

Haven't read the Tennyson, on other stuff for a break from old pre-Galfridian texts - ooh, look I used "pre-Galfridian".
Anyone reading anything next?
Medieval or more modern...sorry, the medieval stuff will seem modern to me after Nennius, Aneirin, and pals.

My next arthurian related read is going to be really modern, The Camelot Tapes by William G. Tolliver. But first I'm starting Wolf Hall today followed by Still Alice (this one for my local book club).