At first Sally’s disappointed that she didn’t get to see Mark and Tristram sexily joust over her, but Tristram took a spear-wound for her, which is very nearly as sexy by Sally’s standards. Sally is so into Tristram’s wounded status … Continue reading →
Tristram heads back to Cornwall, where he meets up with his father King Meliodas and his uncle King Mark and his stepmother Queen o’ Brittany, and they’re all thrilled by his having returned from Ireland whole and hale and hearty. … Continue reading →
1) I discovered dozens of small typographical errors in the ebook version of Books I and II (available here, possibly free depending on when you read this). Ebook assembly and publishing has been a learning experience. I’ve fixed all the … Continue reading →
So Anguish goes to Tristram, looking for him first in the bath, then in his bedroom, and finally finding him out in the stables, where he’s suited up and packing to leave. Famous Hebes told him about Queen Isoud’s attack, … Continue reading →
1) At the current rate, I expect to complete my commentary on Le Morte D’Arthur around mid-spring. Not this spring. The spring in 2014, FYI. Tristram alone will keep me going until, like, Labor Day. This is just an estimate. … Continue reading →
On the way back to the tournament grounds, Tristram meets, oh, let’s call her Orlene. Orlene was the damosel who accompanied Sir Launcelot on an adventure that Malory skipped over, his defeated of a Sir Carados at a place called … Continue reading →
“Monday’s Monk,” by Jason Sanford (~14 pages, third person limited, past tense) is more ambitious. A lone Buddhist monk struggles to cope with an anarchic future Thailand wherein a militia ruthlessly hunts down and destroys nanotechnology and those who … Continue reading →
Then the jousting tournament begins, and simply everyone is there. Sir Palamides, but also Sir Gawaine, Gawaine’s brothers Sir Gaheris and Sir Agravaine, Sir Bagdemagus, Sir Kay, Sir Dodinas, Sir Sagramore the Lusty, Sir Li’l Gumret, and Sir Griftlet, plus … Continue reading →
The March 2013 issue of Asimov’s arrived in my mailbox last week. My biggest complaint about it is its review of Year Zero, the recent novel by Rob Reid, which Peter Heck enjoyed and which I, to put it mildly, … Continue reading →
So King Anguish introduces Sir Tristram, aka Sir Tramtrist, and if you think I’m making that up you’re wrong, to his daughter the lovely Isoud. It turns out that in addition to being the fairest maiden in Ireland, the lovely … Continue reading →
