The Real Classics

I just looked at a bookshelf, and reminded myself of something - there's classic literature, and then there's classic stories. My Lady, for example, takes a fancy to retellings of fairy tales. I personally, lean towards refashionings of mythology and legend. Arthurian especially, though I'm not all that picky.

The shelf has upon it the following examples:
Le Morte D'Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory
The Once and Future King and The Book of Merlyn - T.H. White
Firelord and Beloved Exile - Parke Godwin
The Camulod Chronicles - Jack Whyte
Merlin's Bones - Fred Saberhagen
Knight Life and One Knight Only - Peter David
The Pendragon Cycle - Stephen Lawhead
The Pendragon Chronicles - edited by Mike Ashley
Issac Asimov's Camelot - edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams
Camelot Fantastic - edited by Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg
Grails: Quests of the Dawn - edited by Richard Gilliam, Edward Kramer, Martin H. Greenberg

And that's just the Arthurian. It goes on with...
Changer and Legends Walking - Jane Lindskold
The White Bull - Fred Saberhagen
The Tower of Beowulf - Parke Godwin
American Gods and Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
Sherwood and Robin and the King - Parke Godwin
Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley

Now, I'm not all that surprised that the Arthurian overwhelms all the rest combined, but still, I ought to go looking for more Robin Hood retellings, I think.