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Plot Summary of Out of Avalon
""Out of Avalon", edited by Jennifer Roberson, is a collection of short stories revolving around the mysterious, mist-shrouded Isle of Avalon, and King Arthur. Featuring stories from Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, Diana Gabaldon and Samuel Watkins, Judith Tarr, and Jennifer Roberson herself. This is a beautifully written collection, giving new life to time-honored legends, and creating new characters that endear themselves immediately."
Pamela Piarowski, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - King Arthur
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - magical artifact - magical weapon - money/gems/treasure
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy) - good magical powers hunting non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one human from different culture of other humans

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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