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Smiting and Smoting

The Great Book of Amber, by Roger Zelazny – I had wanted to read Nine Princes in Amber after seeing it on a list, and since the library had this complete volume of ten novels, I went ahead and read … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Families, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged amber series, bible, cyrus the great, demons, donald trump, fairies, god knows, homophobia, joseph heller, king david, king saul, king solomon, michal, nine princes in amber, ogres, religious right, robert jordan, roger zelazny, satanic panic, sphinx, talia lavin, the dragon reborn, the great book of amber, the wheel of time, transphobia, trolls, wild faith |

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Yeah, I’m writing about books again. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman – I wasn’t sure what to expect of this modern take on the Arthurian legend, but I ended up quite liking it, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Islam, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Slavic, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged avalon, bazonga bird, camelot, chernobog, demons, eleggua, fairies, ganelon, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, king arthur, king constantine of britain, knights of the round table, lev grossman, lin carter, lord of shadows, maya and the return of the godlings, merlin, morgan le fay, naomi novik, nimue, orishas, paganism, roger zelazny, round table, rumplestiltskin, sir bedivere, sir dagonet, sir dinadan, sir mordred, sir palomides, sky island, spinning silver, staryk, terra magica, the bright sword, the wand of gamelon, the warrior of world's end, yama yama land |

Losing Control of the Narrative

Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria, by Lin Carter – I believe this was Carter’s first published book, a sword-and-sorcery tale about another barbarian warrior in the same vein as Conan, whom he’d also go on to write. Set in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Religion, seanan mcguire, Technology | Tagged aarne-thompson index, airships, colonialism, conan the barbarian, david innes, demons, dinosaurs, elves, gr-gr-gr, hooja the sly one, ice age, indexing, laurence sterne, lemuria, lin carter, mother goose, pellucidar, snow white, the life and opinions of tristram shandy gentleman, the pied piper of hamelin, thongor, thongor and the wizard of lemuria, tristram shandy, wizards |

Dorothy the Dictator

Operation Luna, by Poul Anderson – The follow-up to Operation Chaos follows up on Steve and Virginia Matuchek about twelve years after the end of the first book. They now have three children, and are working on a project to launch … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, jules verne, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Percy Jackson, Places, Poul Anderson, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Vietnamese | Tagged amtor, cayke the cookie cook, charloz, cowardly lion, coyote, danielle paige, demons, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, dwarves, eugenics, fairies, four immortals, frogman, from the earth to the moon, fu manchu, girl giant and the jade war, glinda, guns, hecate, hecuba of troy, hellhounds, jellia jamb, journey to the west, lost on venus, mombi, moon, naiads, nome king, nymphs, operation chaos, operation luna, ozma, peter stuyvesant, polychrome, pumperdink, scarecrow, sun wukong, swords, the chalice of the gods, the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, van hoang, venus, weapons, witches, wizard of oz, wrath of the triple goddess |

Always Be Clowning

Two movies this time, one new and one old, with SPOILERS for both. Terrifier 3 – As often happens with ongoing horror series, the sequels here have been trying to top their predecessors in terms of gore, but are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Revisiting Disney, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged art the clown, benji gregory, clowns, david faustino, demons, ghosts, horror, john astin, kristy swanson, mr. boogedy, murder, terrifier, terrifier 2, terrifier 3, the disney sunday movie |

Advertising Darwin’s Dreams of Blake

The Black Company, by Glen Cook – This is a story of an elite mercenary unit in a fantasy land ruled by an evil wizard and his enigmatic wife. It’s told from the point of view of the group’s historian, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, Humor, Islam, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Technology | Tagged albion, basilisk, bible, bowlahoola, brownies, charlie holmberg, demiurge, demons, dragons, elementals, giants, glen cook, golgonooza, industrial revolution, nikolai ivanovich lobachevsky, operation chaos, philosopher's stone, Poul Anderson, salamanders, satan, still the sun, the black company, the complete illuminated books, tom lehrer, urizen, werewolves, william blake, witches, wizards |

She Sees Color

Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures, by Walter Moers – Rumo of Zamonia made a brief appearance in the first book in the Zamonia series, but this story does not intersect with that one, although it takes place in the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Ethnicity, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Language, Magic, Monsters, Names, Oz, Plays, Politics, Relationships, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged a feast for crows, a song of ice and fire, arya stark, cersei lannister, chromatacia, demons, george r.r. martin, lindworms, lura, red side story, robots, romeo and juliet, rumo and his miraculous adventures, rumo of zamonia, sansa stark, shades of grey: the road to high saffron, the 13 1/2 lives of captain bluebear, the monstrous misses mai, tommen baratheon, trolls, van hoang, walter moers, westeros, wolpertinger, zamonia |

Psaro Gets Pstarted

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince – One reason I was anxious to play Chapter 6 of Dragon Quest IV is that this game kind of follows up on it, with the same writer being involved. Here, you play as Psaro, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Food, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged aamon, dante alighieri, demons, diabolic hall, divine comedy, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest monsters the dark prince, dragons, dwarves, elves, endor, general chayne, heaven, hell, inferno, monty the monster monitor, nadiria, psaro, ragnar mcryan, randolpho the tyrant, reproduction, rosehill, sparkie, synthesis, toilen trubble, zangiel the omniarch, zenith dragon |

Madam Lucifer, You Never Looked So Sane

Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-Leaves, by James Branch Cabell – The books in this series that I’ve read so far are pretty formulaic, usually about a somewhat sleazy guy who philosophizes a lot without doing much of anything, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, British, Catholicism, Chess, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Games, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, Korean, Magic, Mythology, Playing Cards, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Wayward Children | Tagged ahasuerus, alexander the ratcatcher, biography of the life of manuel, demons, dinosaurs, dom manuel, fox snare, foxes, james branch cabell, kalki, king solomon, lucifer, madam lucifer, merlin, michael scot, mislaid in parts half-known, odysseus, peter of abano, poictesme, pope alexander vi, pope alexander viii, prometheus, richard garnett, rodrigo borgia, saints, salamanders, satan, something about eve, the bell of saint euschemon, the claw, the demon pope, the poison maid, the rewards of industry, the talisman, the twilight of the gods, thousand worlds, tigers, vampires, vishnu, yoon ha lee |

Psaving Psaro

Dragon Quest IV was pretty amazing when I played it on the NES, so I made sure to pick up a copy of the DS remake in 2008, after which I played through most of the game and then set … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Religion, Video Games | Tagged aamon, amon, ashtaroth, chow mein, demons, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragons, elves, foo young, hank hoffman jr, jinn, pioniria, psaro, radimvice, rosehill, secret of evolution, zenith dragon, zenithia |