The Once and Future King

Adeluxehardcovereditionoftheworld’sgreatestfantasyclassic—partofPenguinGalaxy,acollectibleseriesofsixsci-fi/fantasyclassics,featuringaseriesintroductionbyNeilGaiman T.H.White’smasterfulretellingofthesagaofKingArthurisafantasyclassicaslegendaryastheswordExcaliburandcityofCamelotthatarefoundwithinitspages.ThismagicalepictakesArthurfromthegloriouslyricalphaseofhisyouth,throughthedisillusioningearlyyearsofhisreign,tomaturitywhenhisvisionoftheRoundTabledevelopsintothesearchfortheHolyGrail,andfinallytohiswearyoldage.WithmemorablecharacterslikeMerlinandOwlandGuinevere,beastswhotalkandmenwhofly,wizardryandwar,TheOnceandFutureKinghasbecomethefantasymasterpieceagainstwhichallothersarejudged,apoignantstoryofadventure,romance,andmagicthathasenchantedreadersforgenerations.PenguinGalaxy Sixofourgreatestmasterworksofsciencefictionandfantasy,indazzlingcollector-worthyhardcovereditions,andfeaturingaseriesintroductionby#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorNeilGaiman,PenguinGalaxyrepresentsaconstellationofachievementinvisionaryfiction,lightingthewaytowardourknowledgeoftheuniverse,andofourselves.Fromhistoricallegendstomythicfutures,monumentsofworld-buildingtomind-bendingdystopias,thesetouchstonesofhumaninventionandstorytellingingenuityhavetransportedmillionsofreaderstodistantrealms,andwillcontinueforgenerationstochartthefrontiersoftheimagination. TheOnceandFutureKingbyT.H.WhiteStrangerinaStrangeLandbyRobertA.HeinleinDunebyFrankHerbert2001:ASpaceOdysseybyArthurC.ClarkeTheLeftHandofDarknessbyUrsulaK.LeGuinNeuromancerbyWilliamGibsonFormorethanseventyyears,PenguinhasbeentheleadingpublisherofclassicliteratureintheEnglish-speakingworld.Withmorethan1,700titles,PenguinClassicsrepresentsaglobalbookshelfofthebestworksthroughouthistoryandacrossgenresanddisciplines.Readerstrusttheseriestoprovideauthoritativetextsenhancedbyintroductionsandnotesbydistinguishedscholarsandcontemporaryauthors,aswellasup-to-datetranslationsbyaward-winningtranslators.,