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Mr. Gasket Thermocap - 16 PSI - Red - 2471R

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Mr. Gasket Thermocap - 16 PSI - Red - 2471ROverview: The fastest, easiest way to know exactly when it's safe to open your radiator cap. ThermoCap, with its built in calibrated thermometer, indicates the coolant temperature. Features: Indicates coolant temperature Helps prevent coolant injuries Fahrenheit and centigrade readings Color coded temperature ranges Integrated coolant reclamation valve Improves under hood appearance Chromed crown with a colored trim ring Application: Year Make Model

Overview:

The fastest, easiest way to know exactly when it's safe to open your radiator cap. ThermoCap, with its built-in calibrated thermometer, indicates the coolant temperature.

Features:

  • Indicates coolant temperature
  • Helps prevent coolant injuries
  • Fahrenheit and centigrade readings
  • Color-coded temperature ranges
  • Integrated coolant reclamation valve
  • Improves under-hood appearance
  • Chromed crown with a colored trim ring

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1972 - 1973 Ford M-400
1972 Jeep Commando 232/3.8 L6
1972 Jeep Commando 304/5 V8
1972 Jeep Commando 258/4.2 L6
1991 - 1993 GMC C3500HD 454/7.4 V8
1969 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 232/3.8 L6
1972 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 258/4.2 L6
1972 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 304/5 V8
1991 - 1993 GMC C3500HD 350/5.7 V8
1957 - 1973 Ford P-100
1973 - 1974 GMC Transmode
1969 - 1973 Jeep J-100
1966 GMC PB2500 Van
1966 GMC PB3500 Van
1966 GMC 2500
1958 - 1967 American Motors American
1955 - 1960 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1957 - 1966 Jeep F-134
1961 - 1966 Ford Econoline
1960 - 1972 Jeep M151
1964 - 1993 GMC G1500
1962 - 1965 Ford Capri
1967 Ford Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1988 - 1993 Ford F Super Duty 460/7.5 V8
1981 - 1988 GMC General -/- --
1981 - 1988 GMC Astro -/- --
1990 - 1993 Ford F600 LPO 429/7 V8
1990 - 1991 Ford F600 LPO 370/6.1 V8
1980 - 1987 Ford C800 429/7 V8
1969 - 1983 Jeep DJ5
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1985 - 1986 Chrysler Executive Limousine
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 305/5 V6
1992 - 1993 Chevrolet P6000
1992 - 1993 GMC P6500 366/6 V8
1992 - 1993 GMC P6500 427/7 V8
1979 - 1990 Chevrolet P40
1979 - 1986 GMC P4500
1985 - 1990 GMC P4500 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1987 - 1990 GMC P4500 262/4.3 V6
1967 - 1968 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 351/5.7 V6
1967 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1983 - 1993 Chevrolet P60
1955 - 1983 Ford F-100
1969 - 1973 Ford Mustang 351/5.8 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford Ranchero 200/3.3 L6
1967 - 1969 Ford Ranchero 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1979 Ford Mustang 302/5 V8
1969 - 1973 Ford Mustang 250/4.1 L6
1974 - 1978 Ford Mustang II 171/2.8 V6
1968 - 1969 Ford Ranchero 428/7 V8
1955 - 1976 Ford P-350
1956 Ford Park Lane Wagon 223/3.6 L6
1971 - 1973 Ford Pinto 98/1.6 L4
1971 - 1974 Ford Pinto 122/2 L4
1970 - 1972 GMC Jimmy 307/5 V8
1970 - 1982 GMC Jimmy 250/4.1 L6
1970 - 1972 GMC Jimmy 292/4.8 L6
1973 GMC G25/G2500 Van 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1973 GMC G25/G2500 Van 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1971 - 1972 GMC G35/G3500 Van 250/4.1 L6
1970 - 1974 GMC G35/G3500 Van
1967 - 1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 327/5.3 V8
1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1968 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1970 - 1991 GMC Jimmy 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1973 - 1993 GMC Jimmy
1966 - 1974 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup
1967 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1967 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 305/5 V6
1967 - 1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 351/5.7 V6
1964 - 1993 Chrysler Town & Country
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1976 - 1986 Jeep CJ7
1974 - 1993 Jeep Cherokee
1985 - 1986 Jeep Cherokee 173/2.8 V6
1985 - 1987 Jeep Cherokee 150/2.5 L4
1987 Jeep Comanche 242/4 L6
1988 - 1992 Jeep Comanche
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1984 - 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
1974 - 1988 Jeep J10
1974 - 1988 Jeep J20
1968 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 305/5 V6
1967 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 351/5.7 V6
1969 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 454/7.4 V8
1970 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban
1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 396/6.5 V8
1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
1969 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1967 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
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1967 - 1969 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1966 - 1970 Ford Ranch Wagon 428/7 V8
1964 - 1993 Ford Mustang
1965 - 1968 Ford Mustang 289/4.7 V8
1967 - 1969 Ford Mustang 390/6.4 V8
1965 - 1972 Ford Ranch Wagon 240/3.9 L6
1960 - 1969 Ford Ranch Wagon 170/2.8 L6
1963 - 1970 Ford Ranch Wagon 200/3.3 L6
1961 - 1971 Ford Ranch Wagon 390/6.4 V8
1965 - 1979 Ford Mustang 200/3.3 L6
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1967 - 1970 Ford Mustang 428/7 V8
1969 - 1973 Ford Ranch Wagon 429/7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1971 Ford Mustang 429/7 V8
1968 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 302/5 V8
1971 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 400/6.6 V8
1972 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 460/7.5 V8
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1957 - 1958 Ford Ranchero 223/3.6 L6
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1962 Ford Ranchero 144/2.4 L6
1979 - 1993 GMC C1500 305/5 V8
1985 - 1993 GMC C1500 262/4.3 V6
1979 - 1993 GMC C1500 350/5.7 V8
1992 - 1993 GMC C1500 Suburban
1975 - 1978 GMC C25
1979 - 1981 GMC C2500
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 305/5 V8
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 350/5.7 V8
1982 - 1984 GMC C2500 250/4.1 L6
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 454/7.4 V8
1982 - 1986 GMC C2500 292/4.8 L6
1985 - 1993 GMC C2500 262/4.3 V6
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
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1979 - 1993 GMC C2500 Suburban
1980 GMC C2500 Suburban 400/6.6 V8
1980 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
1980 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1980 - 1984 GMC C2500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1982 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 305/5 V8
1965 - 1970 Ford LTD 428/7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Torino 250/4.1 L6
1955 - 1957 Ford Victoria 272/4.4 V8
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1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 332/5.4 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 352/5.8 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 361/5.9 V8
1968 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1000 Series 292/4.8 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1000 Series 305/5 V6
1960 - 1962 GMC 1500 Series
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 230/3.8 L6
1963 GMC 1500 Series 283/4.6 V8
1970 - 1974 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 292/4.8 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 305/5 V6
1965 GMC 1500 Series 351/5.7 V6
1961 - 1963 GMC 2500 Series 305/5 V6
1967 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1968 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 305/5 V6
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1965 - 1993 Ford F-250 300/4.9 L6
1973 - 1993 Ford F-250 460/7.5 V8
1969 - 1993 Ford F-250 302/5 V8
1977 - 1993 Ford F-250 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1982 Ford F-250 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford F-250 390/6.4 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford F-250 360/5.9 V8
1962 - 1965 Jeep 6-230
1959 - 1966 Jeep CJ3
1962 - 1965 Jeep Tornado
1956 - 1966 Jeep Truck
1961 - 1969 Jeep Universal Truck
1956 - 1964 Jeep Utility Wagon
1957 - 1964 Ford Custom 223/3.6 L6
1964 - 1965 Ford Custom 260/4.3 V8
1964 - 1967 Ford Custom 289/4.7 V8
1964 - 1967 Ford Custom 352/5.8 V8
1964 - 1971 Ford Custom 390/6.4 V8
1961 - 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Truck
1963 - 1964 Ford P-350 292/4.8 V8
1960 - 1966 GMC 3000
1960 - 1966 GMC 3500
1964 - 1965 GMC B3500
1962 - 1963 Chrysler 300 383/6.3 V8
1959 - 1975 Jeep CJ6
1963 Chrysler 300 426/7 V8
1959 - 1963 Chrysler 300 413/6.7 V8
1963 Ford 300 200/3.3 L6
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1963 Ford 300 260/4.3 V8
1964 - 1966 American Motors Classic 287/4.7 V8
1965 - 1966 American Motors Classic 327/5.3 V8
1963 Ford 300 390/6.4 V8
1963 Ford 300 406/6.6 V8
1963 - 1964 Ford P-350 223/3.6 L6
1963 - 1966 Jeep DJ3 134/2.2 L4
1984 - 1990 GMC P6000 350/5.7 V8
1983 - 1993 GMC P6000 365/6 V8
1971 - 1976 Ford F-350 390/6.4 V8
1987 - 1993 GMC P6000 427/7 V8
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C50
1972 - 1980 Ford F-350 302/5 V8
1964 - 1976 Ford F-350 360/5.9 V8
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C60
1965 - 1974 Ford F-350 240/3.9 L6
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C70
1979 GMC C5000 350/5.7 V8
1979 GMC C5000 292/4.8 L6
1979 GMC C5000 366/6 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 350/5.7 V8
1979 - 1986 GMC C6000 292/4.8 L6
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 427/7 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 366/6 V8
1979 GMC C7000 350/5.7 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C7000 427/7 V8
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1981 Ford C900
1981 Ford L900
1981 Ford LN900
1981 - 1987 GMC Transit Bus
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1955 - 1966 Chevrolet Suburban
1979 - 1981 Chevrolet Bruin
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet H70
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1973 - 1993 Ford F-350 460/7.5 V8
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet J80
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet J70
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet H90
1990 - 1991 Ford F700 LPO 370/6.1 V8
1965 - 1993 Ford F-350 300/4.9 L6
1987 - 1990 Chevrolet S7
1986 - 1993 Chevrolet W4500 Tiltmaster
1988 - 1993 Chevrolet W5500 Tiltmaster
1987 - 1993 Chevrolet W6500 Tiltmaster
1984 - 1993 Chevrolet W7500 Tiltmaster
1986 - 1992 Ford F-150
1975 - 1976 Ford F-150 390/6.4 V8
1975 - 1976 Ford F-150 360/5.9 V8
1975 - 1993 Ford F-150 300/4.9 L6
1977 - 1993 Ford F-150 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1979 Ford F-150 400/6.6 V8
1975 - 1993 Ford F-150 302/5 V8
1958 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 283/4.6 V8
1961 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 409/6.7 V8
1958 - 1962 Chevrolet Biscayne 235/3.8 L6
1958 - 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne 348/5.7 V8
1960 Chevrolet Biscayne 236/3.9 L6
1963 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 230/3.8 L6
1962 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 327/5.3 V8
1963 Chevrolet Biscayne 427/7 V8
1965 - 1972 Chevrolet Biscayne
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 307/5 V8
1970 - 1993 Chevrolet Blazer
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 292/4.8 L6
1958 - 1972 Chevrolet Brookwood
1961 - 1967 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1960 - 1974 Chevrolet C10 Pickup
1961 - 1962 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 235/3.8 L6
1961 - 1962 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 261/4.3 L6
1961 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 348/5.7 V8
1967 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 327/5.3 V8
1968 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 402/6.6 V8
1967 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 307/5 V8
1969 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1969 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 396/6.5 V8
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1970 - 1973 Ford Torino 429/7 V8
1969 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Torino 302/5 V8
1970 - 1973 Ford Ranchero 429/7 V8
1969 - 1970 Ford Torino 390/6.4 V8
1969 - 1970 Ford Torino 428/7 V8
1972 - 1978 Ford Ranchero 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford Torino 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 302/5 V8
1972 - 1976 Ford Torino 400/6.6 V8
1955 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 223/3.6 L6
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1958 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 332/5.4 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 352/5.8 V8
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1963 Ford Sprint 221/3.6 V8
1960 Ford Starliner
1990 - 1993 Chevrolet C60 Kodiak
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1990 - 1993 GMC C6000 Topkick 366/6 V8
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Craig in NE CT
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
Great story!
Format: Mass Market Paperback
I read this book as a teenager, in the 1960s, and just, now, finished rereading it, at age 65. I see that I missed many of the author's ideas (due to my youthful lusts, antics, and ignorance of life and of the Bible). "Stranger in a Strange Land" struggles with boundaries of self, morality, and what may constitute/govern a normal healthy society. The author pokes at our spiritual needs, ideas, or rituals upon which we all depend to order our lives, whether we be atheistic, pantheistic, or monotheistic. By minimizing God and godhood to the level of individual understanding and growth, the Heinlein's story posits that all philosophical views need not be antagonistic toward one another; that, by default, truth is and should be relative, given our potentially reformed natural self-interests. Whether a `religious' or irreligious person or organization is primitive, civilized, or `who-cares', Heinlein poses that, despite our ideologies that distinguish us from others, or unite us, only a growing constructive self-awareness is really important, not whether God really exists or whether we will face a final judgment. The author's trick to redemption is how we decide to get along with ourselves and our neighbors, within a `fly right, or mess up and go back to the beginning' scenario, in contrast to the biblical one-life-one-chance view. By design or default, in this story, Heinlein relegates God below human self-actualization, and allows no room for absolute truth. Heinlein's self-fulfilling self-actualization is entirely at odds with biblical Christianity and biblical Judaism, yet quite at home with most religions and faiths that rely on salvation by personal works, and reincarnation-based religions. Maybe that was part of the author's point in telling the story. When it comes to putting a halt to abusive powers, I have to chuckle at how Heinlein has Smith frustrate the overbearing powers-that-be. A thought struck me about twenty years ago that those who have power or understanding have a God-given responsibility to exercise discipline and restraint with those who lack power or understanding. Having more power or understanding than someone or something else does not obviate one's responsibility to exercise that power or understanding to better the world in which we live, nor does it entitle one to do ought but to treat others with love, respect, and decency, which, for the betterment of society and our world, may require that one's power or understanding be exercised to identify or destroy evil. Though this philosophy is exercised by the lead character within the story, the clarity of this comes late to Valentine Michael Smith, yet, sadly, such clarity does not move him to embrace an absolute God, absolute truth, nor his own existence as a created being that is not God, leaving Heinlein's view of life and after-life harshly in contrast to the biblical viewpoint, hence at odds with God. Martian or human, in the end, Heinlein simply does a shell game with his characters, when the issue of death arises, leaving readers to guess in what level the author will eventually hide them, to avoid a final judgment, leaving each soul's story to continue ad infinitum, ad nauseam, without any ultimate accountability. This is an entertaining science fiction story, yet, Heinlein's ideas, in this sexual-religious-social romp, border on theological sophistry. His ideas will probably offend most established points of view. Despite his general bravado, and so bold a topic, Heinlein omits balanced discussion among the characters, fails to deal with any absolute truth or true final judgment of evil, and perfunctorily dismisses biblical views that might be germane to cogent biblical discussion. There are two upwelling truths that the author has twisted and cheapened them considerably, by his denial of absolute truth and avoiding our accountability to God's perfect righteousness. Those are self-sacrificing love and the inevitability that every soul is responsible for her/his own thoughts and actions. Though he allows watered down versions of those traditional moral elements to remain, Heinlein (who must have seen too many money-hungry medicine shows, tent meetings, and carnival acts) relies solely on human constructive self-awareness, self-discipline, and self-empowerment to pose a stab at a positive future for humanity and the afterlife. The story's quasi-moral might read, "Find any way to beat the present system and exploit it at almost any cost, so long as no one really gets hurt." Smith's earthly end-game of self-sacrifice is a corrupted shadow of Christ's. Smith's is a twisted image of self-sacrifice, a huckster's trick to work the crowd, avoiding entirely the biblical God and plan of Christ. Heinlein's bootstrap theology, in the end, can neither respect nor agree upon one God, nor save itself from its own moral meanderings and wishful unthinking of human sin. As an author, myself, I would add that every one of our actions, gestures, and our written or spoken utterances, has its consequences, and that we are ultimately responsible, to God, for everything that we generate and utter. I believe that Heinlein's story agrees partly with my belief, except that Heinlein leaves the one true God completely out of his story. Despite Heinlein's philosophical thrust that everyone can claim "Thou art God", for self or others, I personally subscribe to the biblical view that all things and people are created by God, and that He holds us together by His Laws and will, and that there is, yet, a separation that He reserves between us and Him, that can only be bridged or reconciled through His Christ, and, furthermore, that we are the only part of His Creation that has been offered that exclusive plan of redemption. By contrast, Heinlein's story offers the carrot of constructive self-awareness as the means of possible redemption for humanity, insecurely hoping to save us from ourselves. Craig M. Szwed (Author, photographer, combat veteran, father, composer)
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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M. Estopinal
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
A True Arthurian Legend
Format: Mass Market Paperback
The Once and Future King provides an excellent perspective into the world of Arthur, the King of England. This book is divided into four sections, each dealing with the different aspects of Arthur's life, including both the good and the bad. The first book, the Sword and the Stone, has been immortalized by countless movies, such as the one by Disney. This book deals with the upbringing of Arthur, or in this case, Wart, his childhood nickname. Here we see the trials Wart must face as he learns about the many forms of leadership, courtesy of his mentor, Merlyn. The second book, the Queen of Air and Darkness, is a prelude to the collapse of Arthur's kingdom. The result of this book begins to brew throughout the entire novel, finally impacting at the end of the final book. The third book, the Ill-Made Knight, is my personal favorite. This book is about Lancelot's personal quest to become the best knight in the world. This book is filled with exciting quests that Lancelot has taken up, including such things as saving a maiden from a boiling pot of water, as well as the ill-fated quest to find the Holy Grail. The fourth and final book, the Candle in the Wind, deals with the collapse of Arthur's kingdom. Arthur's sins "come home to roost" in this book, forcing him to make decisions that could jeopardize the safety of his wife, Guenever, and his best friend, Lancelot. This novel is truly one of the classic fantasy books that one reads and never forgets. Although there are many portrayals of the Arthurian legend, this is without a doubt one of the better ones.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2004
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Amazon Customer
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 5
A novel about all of life
I've read this novel (and listened to the excellent audio book narrated by Neville Jason) in all its different versions over several decades and every time come away with fresh admiration not only for White's fantastic prose style but also for his insight into all aspects of human character and the workings of society. I cannot over-emphasise how rich it all is. For those who have only read The Sword in the Stone (or seen the Disney version), it is important not to write this volume off as a children's story. Each of the four or five books that make up The Once and Future King reflects a different stage in life and experience. The greatness and the tragedy of the story is something we fully recognise only as we grow older. All of the books are wonderful, but The Ill-Made Knight (the third) is an education in adulthood. The background of the entire work from individually-published volumes is a little messy. The Kindle edition I have seems to match the Harper Voyager paperback complete edition which has the integrated four-book version (with the geese and ants integrated into The Sword in the Stone, and Madam Mim removed) and The Book of Merlyn added at the end without any changes to fix the resulting duplication. This is the form in which I am most familiar with all the parts. The Neville Jason audio book available through Audible is synchronised with the Kindle book but actually includes a different version of The Sword in the Stone (Madam Mim included). When I first listened to this, it frustrated me, because the sections on the geese and ants seem so essential. However, taking it all in its entirety, it works very well and avoids the duplication that otherwise occurs. Neville Jason's reading is of the highest quality, with clearly recognisable voices for all characters.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2014
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Dick Forney
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 4
Excellent Though Quite Different Than I Expected
I lover the old Disney film version of Sword in the Stone, so I finally got around to reading the book. I love the first where it is a whimsical children’s tale. I expected a different feel as it went on and it does, just not quite what I thought it would be. I found it amusing that it is written as an almost companion to Mallory. Take that for what you will, but it is quite enjoyable.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
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lee thomas
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
A classic
Format: Mass Market Paperback
The Once and Future King is a saga I didn't want to end. There's enough in it to read it again, and again. The paperback squeezes 4 books into a volume you can carry in a purse, but unless you're traveling, I would recommend buying the books separately, with illustrations.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2026

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