Sword in the Stone II

    I finished the Sword in the Stone and I must say that I didn't really get all the hype about it. Maybe it gets better as he grows older, but in this book when he's a child he wasn't much of a likable character. The Wart was a good name for him. I think I'll try to read the sequel--the lady in the lake?--but finding it might be more work than I'm willing to put in.
    To put it in perspective, I suppose I have to realize that the writing style was quite drab in that time period, so I should be happy I could get through a chapter of it. I'm looking forward to The Wizard of Earthsea a little more. I hope it has more interesting magic than what was shown in King Author, where Merilyn just turned Art into different animals. I used to be a rabid fantasy reader, so I look forward to seeing the classic and comparing it to other, more modern, fantasy I've read.

The Sword in the Stone

T.H. White wrote The Sword in the Stone, the first King Arthur story. I first picked this novel up because my mother mentioned that I should read some Arthurian legend because it's a allusion found in literature often. I've found it slower going than usual, there being less dialog and more description than I'm used to. Despite the pace, its a interesting book. The characters are engaging and complicated, both their bad and their good sides shown to the reader.
     One thing about it is that it's really really corny. It's written as a classical fantasy, which are cony to begin with, but this takes it a little farther. Especially the scene with Robin Wood, which takes place about three-fourths of the way through the book. If I were to make a request to the author, I would ask that he or she write the scene about the sword already! It's the title for gods sake!