Merlin's Bones

by Fred Saberhagen

Book Overview

"Many have written of King Arthur, but in Merlin's Bones Fred Saberhagen has wonderfully connected Camelot, what came after, and what came before, with our own near future through the spiraling coils... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812533496
• ISBN13: 9780812533491
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Confusing at places but still very good

I have read many books about Arthurian legend and Fred Saberhagen's book makes a good addition to the long list of Arthurian fiction. I think that his greatest acheivement with Merlin's Bones is his use of good description and a good book foundation of excepted events in historical connection with Arthurian legend.

A wonderful experience.

If you like sci- fi and fantasy than this book is a good one. Unless you really grasp the plot in the story you could think of this book as a dud.

Brilliant, but jumbled Arthur/Merlin tale

Saberhagen produces a brilliant, exciting version of the Arthurian legend, with technology, magic, and time-travel mixed together fantastically. The book feels unfinished, with the many rough edges making the incredible twists and turns of the plot even harder to follow. However, it is an incredibly creative version of the story, and some of the plot twists are very satisfying.