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[fuckyeaharthuriana]

Is Attanasio's Dragon & Unicorn saga good? I know it has the main Arthurian characters (Merlin, Arthur, Morgan, Ygraine) but he also included a lot of fantasy stuff from different contexts, like, vampires, chinese and nordic gods?

UH UH... Let's say that it is interesting.

I enjoyed the first book the most, I am not sure how to link the review but here it is

From what I remember, the parts with Igraine were my favorite. I know I skipped a book because I dislike Merlin, but most of the story is pre-Arthur. Still, I was surprised by how much I liked Merlin here, so if you enjoy Merlin as a character this is def recommended!!

The last book was my least favorite, tho I do not fully remember why. From what i remember it ended up being a bit too militaristic, and messy (with the mixing of different elements, a lot of supernatural elements instead of character focus).

And I really REALLY hated the homophobia. Bedivere is gay, in the books, but everyone is homophobic. It was such a disappointment. So I cannot fully recommend this series... not on pride month....

BTW for more on the series (reviews and stuff):

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[fuckyeaharthuriana]

arthurian books i’ve read:

Arthor series (Attanasio)

Focusing on Merlin, Igraine, Uthere and Arthur. Igraine/Uther, Arthur/Guinevere, action and adventures. The last book focusing on Lancelot. Magic and supernatural elements. LGBTQ+ themes (Bedivere is gay, but everyone is homophobic)

[peter-bensley]

A. A. Attanasio on names, life & art.

This is a reply to a letter the author posted on his homepage many years ago. It's vanished from the web now so I'm sharing it here, as I think about it often.

“There is always an ancestral shadow that comes with one's name. In my case, the shadow stretches back to Greece. As you indicate, the origin of my name is the Greek word for death, thanatos, preceded by the alpha-negative: a-thanatos, without-death, immortal. No doubt, a religious name, referring to humanity's oldest act of imagination – the immortality of the soul. Perhaps the soul is immortal. Perhaps not. The dead do not return to proclaim the truth of existence beyond our bodies. Yet, their absence is no proof for nihilism, either. This is the immemorial conflict of life and art.

As the old adage goes, the real difference between life and art is that one can't do anything about life. And around this existential truth, we learn to make our life an art.

You ask if the “religious-mystical” aspect of my writing is intentional. Yes. Art opens the way into the dream kingdom – the realm of the unreal, of the sacred nothing. Pure potential is nothing. The future is nothing. The past is nothing. Every alternative to the present is nothing. The imagination, because it de-realizes the present and enters the mysterious domain of pure potential, is nothing. Yet, out of that nothing, we ransom all the meaning in our lives.”

[nicolacostanzo]

Luca Attanasio: Lo Stato che non ascolta i suoi eroi.

Ed allora ci risiamo. Già… mi ritrovo a scrivere di questa storia e mi chiedo se il tempo qui da noi non sia un inganno, un cerchio che gira su se stesso senza mai spezzarsi. Rileggo i miei post, già di quando l’ambasciatore Attanasio e il carabiniere Iacovacci furono uccisi in quel viaggio mai autorizzato, quando scrissi di documenti scomparsi e dei sospetti che preannunciavano una tempesta,…

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[sardies]

Manuel Attanasio presenta "Opodiptera"

Il 23 maggio al Teatro Civico l’artista presenterà dal vivo il suo nuovo lavoro discografico. L’evento è organizzato da Laborintus con il patrocinio del Comune di Sassari Continue reading Manuel Attanasio presenta “Opodiptera”

Manuel Attanasio presenta "Opodiptera"

[dirklagast]

Expo Attanasio

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[paolodechiara]

A due anni dall’uccisione di Luca Attanasio, in palio 43 borse di studio in suo ricordo

La Fondazione Mama Sofia e la Farnesina lanciano il bando “Borse di Studio Ambasciatore Luca Attanasio”, offerte a studenti di 12 paesi per ricordare l’ambasciatore che perse la vita due anni fa in un agguato in Repubblica Democratica del Congo.

[gencal]

Lo street food a Napoli

Lo street food a Napoli

I tanti visitatori che affollano le strade di Napoli tra una visita e una passeggiata si lasciano conquistare dagli odori che si espandono nelle stradine del centro. Con pochi euro è possibile mangiare vere prelibatezze di nascita o di adozione entrate di diritto nella cultura e nella storia di questa città. Parliamo proprio dello street food partenopeo. Il suo vantaggio è quello di poterlo…

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