The Black Cauldron
by Lloyd Alexander · first published 1965
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Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.
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…Discworld that will zoom right by a kid and only land when you come back to it as an adult. That’s part of why they’re good books. There’s things like that in Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Cycle (Book of Three, Black Cauldron, etc) that hit me like a ton of bricks when I pick up those little books forty years after I first read them as a kid and completely missed those parts. Stories can speak to multiple ages on multiple…
on “Discworld Rules” ↗Learnings. Reminds me of Gurgi from Lloyd Alexander's Taran books (The Black Cauldron). Makes me giggle.
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