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All Zamonian Stories End Tragically

Have I been reading too much recently? I checked three books out from the library last week, and have already finished all of them. Then again, none of them were that long. I have a bad habit of often looking … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Alchemy, Art, Astronomy, Authors, Book Reviews, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Humor, Jainism, janelle monae, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Technology, Video Games | Tagged alaya dawn johnson, athanasius kircher, cats, danny lore, dirty computer, dragon quest viii, dragons, echo the crat, edward brooke-hitching, eve l. ewing, i'm afraid you've got dragons, john herschel, magonia, mars, moon, nevermind, percival lowell, peter s. beagle, planets, prince charmles, save changes, seshet, sheree renee thomas, succubus ghoolion, sun, the alchemaster's apprentice, the last unicorn, the memory librarian, the memory librarian and other stories of dirty computer, the sky atlas, time travel, timebox, timebox altar(ed), walter moers, wizards, yohanca delgado, zamonia |

The Rains of Castamere

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan – I’ve been meaning to check out the Wheel of Time series for quite a while now, and I finally got around to it. I thought this book was all right, but not … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Television | Tagged a dirge for prester john, a song of ice and fire, a storm of swords, blemmyae, daenerys targaryen, dragons, edward brooke-hitching, george r.r. martin, giants, jesus, joffrey baratheon, jon snow, judas didymus thomas, long john silver, monopods, muppet treasure island, oscar wilde, pentexore, prester john, robert jordan, robert louis stevenson, the eye of the world, the habitation of the blessed, the phantom atlas, the picture of dorian gray, the wheel of time, treasure island, treasure planet, tyrion lannister, utopia |

Yarthly Matters

The First Kothar the Barbarian Megapack, by Gardner F. Fox – This collects three different volumes, Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman (itself originally published as three short stories), Kothar of the Magic Sword, and Kothar and the Demon Queen. The author is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Comics, Etymology, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged a voyage to the moon, antillia, arimaspoi, atlantis, birds, carta marina, comical history of the states and empires of the moon, cumberia, cynocephali, cyrano de bergerac, demons, edward brooke-hitching, el dorado, elijah, frostfire, garden of eden, gardner fox, hy brasil, justice league of america, kothar and the demon queen, kothar barbarian swordsman, kothar of the magic sword, kothar the barbarian, lemuria, lich, michael wolgemut, moon, nuremberg chronicle, olaus magnus, prester john, satire, st. brendan the navigator, sun, swords, tammaso campanella, the city of the sun, the first kothar the barbarian megapack, the phantom atlas, the states and empires of the sun, ultima thule, voyages to the moon and the sun, waq-waq tree, weapons, wilhelm pleydenwurff, wizards, yarth |

The Spring Queen and the Demon Queen

The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History, by Edward Brooke-Hitching – This was one I bought based on an Amazon recommendation, or something of the sort. It’s not what I would have expected from … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Food, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, Hinduism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Libraries, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Robert Rankin, Socialism | Tagged air loom, buddhu and bhutum, charles perrault, crown of flames, dakshinaranjan mitra majumdar, demons, diamonds and toads, edward brooke-hitching, finger and half, force of fire, fox pundit, foxes, hitler diaries, hoaxes, j.b.s. haldane, james tilly matthews, kiranmala, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, kleomenes, marob, my friend mr leakey, naomi mitchison, needle king, neelkamal and lalkamal, pedro carolino, pomegranate prince, princess kalavati, quran, rakkhosh, ritual, saddam hussein, sayantani dasgupta, seven champak flowers, sleeping beauty, snakes, sparta, sphaeros, stoicism, sukhu and dukhu, sutapa basu, thakurmar jhuli, the chaos curse, the corn king and the spring queen, the da-da-de-da-da code, the fire queen, the madman's library, the palace of enchantment, tom thumb, voynich manuscript, wilfrid voynich, witches |