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.
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