Sep 09
Click for full imageJen Comments: This photo doesn’t really do justice to just how wrinkled the man is. But hey, it’s Merlin (I think). He can wear a Godawful headdress and stand in the middle of the ocean if he wants to.
Published 1979
Many thanks to Jen!
(Average: 7.73 out of 10)
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September 9th, 2010 at 10:32 am
My hat is a bird, your argument is invalid?
September 9th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Old man. Bird hat. Middle of ocean. Clashing colors. So many questions.
September 9th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Who knew Merlin’s godson was Dumbledore? He’s always been a bit flamboyant.
September 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Why is he wearing a tablecloth as a toga? He’s Merlin! He can surely magic up some togs.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Ah, so the African Swallow CAN carry coconut shells from Africa! Surely Merlin weighs at least as much as those.
September 9th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
England is beyond the world’s edge? (I mean, if Arthur is involved it must be in one of the western English kingdoms or what was becoming Cymru, right?)
September 10th, 2010 at 1:47 am
(From boat:) “Oi! Merlin! What ya doin’ out in the middle of the sea?”
“I don’t know, I can’t think with this bird on my head.”
September 10th, 2010 at 3:40 am
I am intrigued by the coat of arms on the sail. The three lions were adopted in the 12th century and the Prince of Wales’ feathers in the 14th century.
Nix, please, British not English. The Arthurian romances ranged from Constantinople in the East to Avalon in the West.
September 10th, 2010 at 8:49 am
MERLIN’S GODS ON would be a cooler title. Or, MERLIN’S DOWN WITH THE CAMELOT HOMIES.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Desperately trying to compensate much?
When the competence is not high enough, get creative!
September 10th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Pat: I was about to say ‘no, Britain was a post-Act-of-Union term’, but, of course Arthur was an *original* Briton, defending against the Saxons. I just tend to automatically use “English” for anything predating 1700. I should have noticed that this guy was a member of the original tribe. If he existed, of course.
That headdress, though… I’m fairly sure there aren’t any green eagles in Wales, or in Constantinople. Maybe it’s a mutated puffin with coloured feathers instead of beak? (Nobody said Merlin was tasteful, let alone his godson. Can the son of a devil even *have* a godson?)
September 10th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
I don’t remember too much about this book, but I believe it actually took place in Key West. Right after Arthur’s death.
Yeeaahhh.
You can see why I couldn’t resist grabbing this one off the bookstore shelf, right?
September 10th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Yes, defending against the English (Angles) and Saxons.
I assumed the bird was a parrot, “edge of the world” inclines me to believe they were visiting the Americas (Brendan’s Isle?).
September 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
His godson!? That just made my day. Thanks guys.
September 12th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Merlin’s getting his head humped by a quetzal
September 13th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Jen,
It takes place in Key West? Then that explains the bird.
Down in Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett fans call themselves “Parrot Heads.” Guess Merlin (or his godson) were early early members.
September 15th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Can ‘Bird Hairdo’ get its own tag?
September 15th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Done Morgan 🙂
You’ll have to go out and find us some over covers with Bird Hairdos though.
October 23rd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Lol… From the writer of “Merlin’s Ring”…
January 6th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Does it look kind of colorized to you? As if it were originally a black-and white painting and then the artist put bright, transparent colors over it, keeping them separate so it wouldn’t look as if they were in the same space, reflecting off each other.
August 22nd, 2015 at 12:22 pm
Ravenclaw takes on Hufflepuff.
August 27th, 2015 at 1:11 am
He looks more like he’s standing in the middle of the Sahara, rather than the sea. In that case, that ship is seriously, seriously out of place.
January 11th, 2022 at 6:03 pm
Obviously where Sir Terry Pratchett got the idea for Duck Man.
July 10th, 2024 at 10:17 pm
So…Merlin’s godson is a birdbrain.
July 12th, 2024 at 2:18 am
“…beyond the world’s edge…”?
Man, this flat-earther thing is older than I thought….
July 12th, 2024 at 3:19 am
@Hammy: no, cube-Earthers. You go beyond the edge and you’re on another face.
Don’t remember this one very well: wasn’t there a bit where they visit Elfland and the Elves are actually bugs with glammer? Or was that Merlin’s Ring?
July 13th, 2024 at 9:50 pm
@BAM( prev.):
Cube-Eathers? Yikes, that puts a new face on the problem…
..or should I say, it adds another dimension?
I’ll get me coat….
July 14th, 2024 at 12:33 am
I give you:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1039547.Merlin_s_Godson
Marvel at the even brighter, tackier colors. And DO read the reviews. Featuring such comments as “If you see this book, flee.” and “I dubbed it ‘The Adventures of Bird-Hat’.”
Presuming he’s in the supposedly temperate part of the northern hemisphere (or hemi-cube) why does @Hammy have a coat to get today?