"Dragon" historical journal feature.
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arthur_of_the_britonsThis article by Charles Evans-Gunther is featured here with his permission.
Charles Evans-Gunther says:
"The journal, 'Dragon', started in 1982 with an interest in history rather than legend or literature concerned with Arthur and what was being called the Dark Age in those days. It was a bit more than a fanzine and grew in size from 1982 till 1993 when it ran out of articles.
It was created without the knowledge of another Arthurian journal - 'Pendragon' - and it got to the point that it was in competition, and the latter had more members of their society. I continued to contribute to Pendragon for years, and was at one point editor.
A number of members of Dragon went on to write books on the subject - in some cases factual (Chris Gidlow for example) and other cases fiction (Helen Hollick).
I was editor and printer (or got it printed) and posted the journal myself to as far away as Japan and the USA, though most member of the Society were from Britain.
Though continuing to be interested in a historical Arthur I have never wanted to publish a book on the subject. I considered there were already far too many.
Charles Evans-Gunther says:
"The journal, 'Dragon', started in 1982 with an interest in history rather than legend or literature concerned with Arthur and what was being called the Dark Age in those days. It was a bit more than a fanzine and grew in size from 1982 till 1993 when it ran out of articles.
It was created without the knowledge of another Arthurian journal - 'Pendragon' - and it got to the point that it was in competition, and the latter had more members of their society. I continued to contribute to Pendragon for years, and was at one point editor.
A number of members of Dragon went on to write books on the subject - in some cases factual (Chris Gidlow for example) and other cases fiction (Helen Hollick).
I was editor and printer (or got it printed) and posted the journal myself to as far away as Japan and the USA, though most member of the Society were from Britain.
Though continuing to be interested in a historical Arthur I have never wanted to publish a book on the subject. I considered there were already far too many.