Sunday, April 27, 2014

TARDIS
Avalon High is my first foray into the genre of teen romance.  I have read young adult fiction, but never “YA-romance.”  Avalon High is a fun, light read—but I would not cast a modern Arthur in Annapolis, MD.  Neither would I have Arthur running for mayor in New York City.  Last Monday, Dr. MB told the class to think about a modern Arthur story we might like to see.  How would I like to see a modern Arthur? 

 I have several story lines I would like to see developed.  First, I think it might be an interesting bit of time travel for Dr. Who.  Perhaps King Arthur and his Camelot could have some alien circumstances—and Avalon and Excalibur could be anything in the Dr. Who universe.


Another Arthur I might like to see would be more of an espionage- action/thriller novel or mini- series set in the British SIS (MI6) or MI5 agency. “Merlin” might be a data collection/artificial intelligence. Excalibur could be some high tech weapon system.  Arthur and his knights become a special task force of agents in secret intelligence or in national security—I am not thinking of kings and reincarnation.


 The UK does have an interesting radio-telescope array used for astronomical observations called e-Merlin—With the right treatment, this might be the opening of a science fiction story.  

What kind of Arthur story would you like to see?



Happy blogging! 

3 comments:

  1. This is an interesting question. As far as an Arthur story, I would like to see one Arthur and all of his knights going out to fight in a battle, perhaps the biggest battle of all. I would like for it to have a story line as where Arthur has to fight for his life to stay King or something crazy like that. I would prefer no romance just to leave out the drama...it would also be cool if women fought in the battle

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  2. I agree with Taylor that it would be interesting to see King Arthur and all his knights fighting and to have Arthur fighting for his life. It makes me curious to see if anyone could defeat Arthur

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  3. I'd actually like to see Arthur in a more present day military engagement, something like if Arthur was in Vietnam. How they would choose to modernize Arthur, not only as a leader but in his battle prowess, would really intrigue me.

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