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Overbooked

Song of Edmon, by Adam Burch – I was able to get the Kindle version of this book for free, and found it worth reading. The first novel by Burch, who’s otherwise a classically trained but not particularly well-known actor, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Magic, Music, Robert Rankin, Urban Legends | Tagged adam burch, air loom, count otto black, diane duane, fractured world, james tilly matthews, rachel rankin-hayward, robert johnson, song of edmon, the da-da-de-da-da code, wizards at war, young wizards series |

Doubters of the Divine

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, by Tim Whitmarsh – This book is partially a response to the idea that atheism is a new idea, a product of the age of science and reason that turns against ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, History, Humor, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Robert Rankin, Roman Empire | Tagged anaximander, anaximenes, atheism, battling the gods, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, count otto black, cupid and psyche, epicurus, euhemerus, from the beast to the blonde, hugo rune, jim pooley, king arthur, king solomon, marina warner, merlin, monotheism, polytheism, queen of sheba, retromancer, salmoneus, sibyls, socrates, theomakhia, tim whitmarsh, xenophanes of colophon, zeus |

Orgy of Begrem

Necrophenia, by Robert Rankin – From the Goodreads reviews, this doesn’t appear to be one of Rankin’s more popular books. I liked it, but it is kind of all over the place, which is not unusual with his more recent … Continue reading →