Sci-fi/Fantasy Treatment of Druids

[Bgottfried91]

Hey there everyone, I'm new to the B&R forums, kind of nice to be part of an internet community that values reading actually . I'm looking for some book recommendations though; I'm doing a research project for one of my classes on the treatment of Druids in modern literature. I figured Sci-Fi and Fantasy would have what I'm looking for mainly, which is right up my ally, but I've been having trouble locating books/series' that contain druids. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article doesn't seem to cover fiction's treatment of druids; perhaps I can amend that by the time I'm done with the research paper . At any rate, I was hoping some people might be able to get me started by listing off any books/series' you can think of that have identifiable druids in them. I'd very much appreciate it.

And on a general socialization note, my top 3 favorite series' in order are:
1. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (Still hasn't quite sunk in that he's gone, but I liked Brandon Sanderson's treatment of his manuscript so far)
2. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files
3. David Eddings' Sparhawk trilogies.

P.S. Whoops, forgot to put a name in. Call me Brian

 

[sparkchaser]

Hi Brian. Welcome to BAR. Great question. I will do some asking this weekend and get back to you.

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

It is not a fantasy novel, but the historical novel Sarum by Edward Rutherford is about stonehenge and the first section is all about druids and their part in building stonehenge.

 

[Will]

Check out Sword of Shannara and its many related novels by Terry Brooks. Druids play a crucial part to the back story of many of those books.

 

[Anamnesis]

Brian, try Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon books if you haven't done so already.

 

[Bgottfried91]

Thanks for the replies everybody

Chiangmai, I'll definitely check the book out -- I'm a little interested. We've been told (though we haven't been linked to a direct source) that the Druids really didn't have anything to do with the building of Stonehenge. It's been linked to a more ancient society -- or Merlin, depending on who you ask.

Will, on looking over the list of Brooks' books (which was slightly daunting). I don't suppose the Druid(s) in the books come in early in the series? College doesn't leave much time for pleasure reading, unfortunately. Regardless of the answer, I'll still be checking it out; I've had a great recommendation for Brooks from a friend of mine.

Anamnesis, that's the first I've heard of Bradley. I'll have to check her out.

 

[Will]

Thanks for the replies everybody

Will, on looking over the list of Brooks' books (which was slightly daunting). I don't suppose the Druid(s) in the books come in early in the series? College doesn't leave much time for pleasure reading, unfortunately. Regardless of the answer, I'll still be checking it out; I've had a great recommendation for Brooks from a friend of mine.

The druids do feature in the first book a fair bit (again more as backstory - but crucial backstory) and then through many of them. The mention was was more of a referral so you can go Wiki the books/universe to get an idea (definitely not suggesting you read them all ;-) ) of how the druids might fit into it all and investigate for further reading later. I've read the first and second books and they're fairly enjoyable (Elfstones definitely the better of the two), but I prefer my epic fantasy more of the Joe Abercrombie school so won't be reading many more I doubt.