In the 60s Lloyd Alexander published Prydain Series, possibly the most underrated fantasy epic ever written. They may be kids books, but they mean BUSINESS!! #fantasy #booktube #prydain
Agreed. I read the first two books as a kid and I liked them but couldnt appreciate them, as the 2nd book had an ending that was too hard for me to deal with (the hated character becoming the self-sacrificing martyr). But re-reading as an adult, it hit me much harder and i coud appreciate it more. As the reviwer says, this series can be appreciated more by adults.
Hey! Love that you're highlighting older and forgotten fantasy books! I first read this series when i found it in my elementary school library back in the 80's. Fell in love with it and i reread it every couple years or so. My kids have read them and love them too. Truly a timeless classic fantasy series!
OK, first... you have now become one of my absolute favorite BooKTubers (alongside Brian Lee Durfee and a couple of others). Your insight into fantasy stories and storytelling is far beyond your years. This will do you well in your own writing. Keep it up! Now secondly... you've hit the nail on the head with modern storytelling (and culture) -- it's obsessed with darkness, violence, and pain... but never moves on... never overcomes that pain to accomplish something positive. In essence, our morally grey society can't tell stories about overcoming evil because they no longer understand how to overcome evil... and this lack of understanding has led to them questioning good (ie Star Wars The Acolyte). "Maybe good and evil are just constructs (thus is the gateway to evil... the Devil)?" IMHO this is the reason A Song of Ice and Fire has a great beginning and middle but will probably end terribly. Why? Because Martin has yearned to create a humanist anti-Tolkien... a world devoid of true spiritual or moral purpose where the divine outcome -- spurred by heroic sacrifice (ie Luke Skywalker getting help via ObiWan's "ghost" / The Force to blow up the death Star) -- doesn't truly exist. It can work for some (ie Dune is another humanist exercise) but I would argue the window of passion for that type of storytelling is short... and is closing. I'm not saying every successful fantasy story has to have a metaphysical "truth" atop heroic sacrifice, but I do believe that most of the longest lasting do just that... and... morally there's a lot to learn from those stories.... and fantasy and "children's stories" of the past. In fact I'd argue our adults of the now need to heed the moral lessons of older "children's stories." I just picked up The Prydain Chronicles and the Chronicles of Narnia myself.
@@kaipacifica1289 Glad you're enjoying the videos. It is sad that modern sensibilities have taken such a grim turn - especially fantasy, of all things! I think a lot of kids fiction from the previous century is a lot more intelligent than people tend to think, and there is still a lot to learn from that stuff. Thanks for sharing and tuning in; I've got plenty of other classic fantasy reviews in the works! 👍
Have you by chance read the The Forgotten Warrior Saga by Larry Corriea? Imagine on the second book so far, and I gotta say I quite like it. Might be up your alley.
