Comments on: Review: Hood (King Raven #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

By: Clement of the Glen

Clement of the Glen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:20:16 +0000

Can I reccommend another ‘Robin Hood’ book that’s out at the moment, its called ‘Hodd’ by Adam Thorpe, printed by Jonathan Cape, London.

A medieval document is rescued from a ruined church on the Somme, and translated from the original Latin. It is the testimony of a monk called Mathew, it describes life with the half/crazed bandit Hodd in the greenwood-who, following the thirteenth century principles of the ‘heresy of the Free Spirit.’

It is so much more than just another ‘Robin Hood’ book, the quality of the writing is first-class and deserves an award.

By: Lenore

Lenore — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:23:42 +0000

I LOVED Lawhead’s King Arthur series, esp. the first book Talieson (because it is set in Atlantis!) but I haven’t read anything else of his.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:14:59 +0000

I know, it was a complete mindbender when he showed up. It was in The Sword in the Stone, near the end. Arthur is…chasing the questing beast, I think? He runs into Robin in the woods and after a bit where White talks about the idealness of Robin’s camp and how all the merry men are awesome and they’re all seven foot tall and can kill bears with their bare hands, etc etc, and how much Robin and Marian are in love with each other and they SING A SONG LIKE NEVER A SONG WAS SUNG BEFORE~ after all that, they go and attack Morgan’s tower together and I think Arthur kills something. I don’t really remember besides the complete WTFness of it all.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:55:20 +0000

Wow, it has clearly been way too long since I read The Once & Future King, because I didn’t even remotely remember that Robin Hood was even in it. How was Robin Hood in it? Robin Hood is Richard I! So bewildering…