Iām reading āThe Mists of Avalonā by the late Marion Zimmer Bradly, which is a retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the point of view of the women. Iām thinking that I can develop my writing skills by retelling the stories that are well known (and public domain), so here are some thoughts.
King Arthur
I can retell the legend of King Arthur, from various points of view. Avalon dealt with the tension between Celtic paganism and Christianity, and also from the views of the women. I am not sure how I would approach the story, but, after some research and writing, Iām sure I would figure out something.
The Monkey King
And I have figured out my initial approach to the retelling of the Monkey King. That was one of my favorite childhood stories, which is based on the true story of the Chinese monk who did travel to India to collect the scriptures of Buddhism, which would be used to promote enlightenment in China. In my version, China would be in great turmoil, and, despite its progress as a civilization, it lacks proper values. The goal, then, is to get those scriptures, so the Chinese can learn the ways of enlightenment.
Asimovās Foundation series
I havenāt seen the current series, which is being streamed, but I read somewhere that itās a plodding drama, with the writers trying to stretch things out, when the original trilogy is really a bunch of short stories. I have also read of how many writers have tried to adapt it to film and TV, but they havenāt been able to do it properly.
As I would do it, I would tell the story from the point of R. Daniel Olivaw ā Asimov tried to integrate his robot and foundation series, so it turned out that the foundation and development of psychohistory was started by the robot, who stood around all these eons to ensure that humanity was protected. To me, the dystopian future of Earth, when he was created, would be a mixture of Fritz Langās Metropolis and the movie, Bladerunner, and a similar feel would be true in the waning days of the Galactic Empire, when the psychohistorian, Salvor Hardin, set out to create the Foundations that would preserve the Empire.