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What is Your Favorite Prydain Novel ?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:52 am
by TRC
Well lets throw this out there and see how many bites it gets.
The Prydain Chronicles :
The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King
The Foundling
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 7:45 am
by Dragonlily
"The Foundling"? I thought it was a 5-book series.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:31 am
by TRC
Ahh and there use to just be the Chronicles II.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:20 pm
by I'm Murrin
Shouldn't all these topics be moved to Gen. fantasy discussion?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:26 pm
by birdandbear
Joy wrote:"The Foundling"? I thought it was a 5-book series.
Me too.
But somewhere deep down, The Foundling rings a bell....
I'd have to say The Castle of Llyr, or The High King was my favorite. It's been so many years since I read them, I have only the sketchiest memories of details, but I remember the gist of the stories, and I remember liking those two the most.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:21 pm
by Dragonlily
birdandbear wrote:somewhere deep down, The Foundling rings a bell....
Georgette Heyer and Linda K. Hayner both wrote novels of that name, but Amazon shows a Lloyd Alexander book called THE FOUNDLING AND OTHER TALES OF PRYDAIN. 8 short stories.
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:22 am
by TRC
That would be the one, as for My pick, I choose The Black Cauldron, followed closely by The High King, I remember, ACK !!!! 20 years ago, getting my desk pulled around the back corner of the room as my teacher was trying to get book 2 away from me, I just couldn't put it down.
And he was the one who got me started reading them...
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:25 am
by TRC
Murrin wrote:Shouldn't all these topics be moved to Gen. fantasy discussion?
Yes they should, and any other posts on this topic will be opened there.
Which I am planning about 5 or 6 more if this catches any flies.
But this was a busier thoroughfare to see if there was any potential, and whther or not I should take up space on the board with anymore topics on the subject.
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:36 am
by Dragonlily
TRC wrote:That would be the one, as for My pick, I choose The Black Cauldron, followed closely by The High King, I remember, ACK !!!! 20 years ago, getting my desk pulled around the back corner of the room as my teacher was trying to get book 2 away from me, I just couldn't put it down.
LOL
What on earth kind of teacher would get into a wrestling match with a student?
Maybe when I finish HP SORCERER'S STONE, I should switch to THE BOOK OF THREE? What would go fastest? I'm reading only for pleasure, too zonked on pain pills for anything that needs concentration (some dental work that didn't go smoothly -- it's under control).
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:53 am
by TRC
The first Hp is as fasta read as any of the Prydain , but a a whole Prydain would be a much quicker run through. But I recommend HP.
I gotta get through Prydain first since i started this. And I can't find my copies.. Looks Like a trip to the library tomorrow.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:00 pm
by Guest
Tough one, this. I think I loved The Black Cauldron most when I first read them - it's sort of the quintessential Prydain book. But The High King is unbelievably powerful, terribly sad and chillingly beautiful. It really brings home the theme of the end of the age of magic just as strongly as Return of the King.
Theo
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:01 pm
by Theo
That was me. Forgot to log in...
Theo