Read Lev Grossman's follow up to the Magicians in the area of adult fantasy – The Bright Sword: An Arthurian Novel – in one sitting yesterday and it did not disappoint.
Set in a mythical Camelot era Britain, Lev's writing paints the feeling of it into your mind as successfully as The Magicians did. As a huge fan of his writing with a lifelong attachment to Arthurian lore and mythology I enjoyed the book very much. Cute references to his own internal mythology echo from The Magicians – and many of the same themes resound – but with a tone closer to a spirit that has travelled Quentin's journey already in a past life and bears those lessons somewhere deep inside.
Wondering if anyone else hear has read it and would like to discuss it. Also would be open to discussing other Arthurian works and the overall mythology – I was obsessed with the genre as a kid and still enjoy it very much to this day.
by Fullwake