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On Camelot and Machine Guns

November 4, 2016 By Walker McKnight 4 Comments

Imagined death of a knight in Connecticut Yankee by Twain

The sci-fi and fantasy novels of my childhood imprinted many cherished images on my brain. Most are fondly remembered: Bilbo on the barrels, Meg Murry in Camazotz, Howl’s moving castle, and so on. But there is one image—not so cherished—that I recall more often than the others. It goes like this: A medieval force of armored knights attacks a cave full of their enemies, find themselves blocked by electrified wire, and are cut down by Gatling guns. It's the climactic scene of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court—the first book that ever left me feeling worse for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiction & SciFi, History Remix Tagged With: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Gatling gun, H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, science fiction, The Time Machine, time travel, Walker McKnight

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