Judul
Asli : THE SWORD IN THE STONE
[
book 1 from THE ONCE and FUTURE KING
]
By T.H.
White
Copyright
© Lloyds
TSB Offshore Trust Co., Ltd, 1938
Penerbit
: Media Klasik Fantasi ( a division of Mahda Books )
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Pada saat itu Sir Ector sedang kebingungan memikirkan masa depan
putra-putranya yang beranjak dewasa. Ia menginginkan mereka memiliki
pengetahuan serta kemampuan untuk menggantikan dirinya kelak. Jalan
satu-satunya adalah mencarikan guru yang tepat bagi keduanya. Dan dimulailah
pencari guru ke segala pelosok bagi kedua putra Sir Ector. Sementara itu, kedua
bocah yang hampir selalu bersama-sama, sedang berusaha mencari kesibukan di
tengah kebosanan. Ide yang tercetus adalah berpetualang mencari kelinci dengan
membawa Cully – burung goshawk peliharaan Sir Ector. Apa daya Cully kabur dan
hinggap di atas dahan yang tinggi, menolak panggilan tuannya untuk kembali.
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My
Random Though :
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I know this story first from
movie adaptation by Disney with the same title. Frankly those movie not quite
as good as the book. Maybe because the movie are for young children, so the
story just describe Wart as poor – orphan boy, who rescue by Merlyn, while his
everyday life so dreadfull ‘coz the bullying from Kay and his father (so
different from the original version). I just remember watching those movie and
fall-a-sleep in the middle (probably ‘coz it’s so boring and childish). But
this book just keep me a wake until midnight to finished it.
This book I read are the
translation version, sometimes with a classic fantasy, the language and the
style are so different, so if you don’t quite understand what’s the author
mean, the good story can be as boring or even worse, so dreadfull to read.
Thanks good this version are good, I just really enjoy it reading it. It’s a
book with special theme, about the legend of Arthur Pendragon and Merlyn the
Wizards, with a little ‘twist’ makes this story so unique and interesting too.
And why the author puts all kind different characters from fabel, legend, myth,
even scientice too, all mixed-up with perfect combination. In this book you can
meet Merlyn, Arthur, Kay (I believe this name after the character from Grimm’s
stories), Archimides, Athena, legendary knights, and don’t forget all the myth
creatures ...
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Notes : I just found that this
book are the first from ‘The Once and Future King’ series, the second part are ‘The Queen of Air and Darkness’ (also known as ‘The Witch in the Wood) release in
1939, the third part are ‘The Ill-Made Knight’ (1940) and the fourth are ‘The Candle in the Wind’ (1958)
About Authors :
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Terence Hanbury White ( 29 Mei
1906 – 17 januari 1964 ) was an English author best known for his sequence of
Arthurian novels : The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958 (
before that, release seperately between 4 books, from 1938 until 1958 where the
fourth books also release )
[ more about this author and
related works, check on here : T.H. White
and The Once and Future King
]
Best Regards,
* Hobby Buku *
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