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How We Pierced the Forest

Perceforest: The Prehistory of King Arthur’s Britain translated by Nigel Bryant – I had heard about this epic work a few years ago, but couldn’t find it until recently, at a link on the Arthurian Preservation Project at Tumblr. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, Families, Games, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Sports, Taoism, Technology | Tagged alexander the great, bazonga bird, beowulf, darnant the enchanter, demons, dragons, dyrnwyn, elric of melnibone, excalibur, fafhrd and the grey mouser, fairies, franc palais, fritz leiber, frostfire, gadifer, ganelon, gardner fox, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, graywand, gyraphont, hrunting, jesus, judy i. lin, julius caesar, king arthur, kothar the barbarian, lin carter, michael moorcock, nigel bryant, perceforest, rick riordan presents, round table, sleeping beauty, stormbringer, swords, the dark becomes her, the enchantress of world's end, tyrfing, verminex, weapons |

Sumer Is Icumen In

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Poul Anderson, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Sumerian, Wayward Children | Tagged adrift in currents clean and clear, agriculture, another day, atlas, belyyreka, bible, changelings, civilization, delos, elves, enki, enlil, fairies, firmament, geb, geese, genesis, inanna, jinn, league of princes, lord of the rings, marduk, nanna, ninlil, ninurta, nut, odin, out of oz, pirates, samuel noah kramer, shu, skafloc, sleeping beauty, sumerian mythology, swords, the brides of maracoor, the broken sword, the fellowship of the ring, the hero's guide to being an outlaw, thor, tiamat, trolls, tuatha de danann, turtles, utu, vikings, weapons, wicked, wicked witch of the west, witches |

The Fairy with the Death-Dealing House

I just happened to have finished several books within the past two days, so here are some thoughts on them. There are SPOILERS for some of these. The Moon Pool, by A. Merritt – The botanist Walter Goodwin comes across … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Celtic, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, seanan mcguire, Toys | Tagged a. merritt, alexander volkov, cinderella, dorothy gale, ellie smith, emily wilde, emily wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries, fairies, gaia, heather fawcett, hera, indexing, iron woodman, jennifer saint, leprechauns, magic land, olympus, pixies, scarecrow, sergei sukhinov, teddy bears, the fairy of the emerald city, the moon pool, the pied piper of hamelin, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, wendell bambleby, wicked witch of the east, witches, zeus |

Hit the Brakebills

The Wicked Will Rise, by Danielle Paige – The second book in the series starts with Amy, now more skilled at magic and action skills, fighting the Cowardly Lion and grappling with her dark side. Traveling with a mentally drained … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, Education, France, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, History, Humor, Language, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games | Tagged alexandre dumas, auguste maquet, brakebills university for magical pedagogy, button-bright, christopher tolkien, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, fairies, fillory, lev grossman, magic portals, morgan le fay, napoleon bonaparte, neitherlands, odysseus, oogaboo, orpheus, ozma, pearl, polychrome, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir orfeo, the count of monte cristo, the magicians, the perhappsy chaps, the wicked will rise, wizard of oz, wood between the worlds |

What a Life of Luxury to Be an Ape-Man

The Return of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – This sequel wraps up some of the hanging plot threads in the first book, but also takes the story in some different directions. While the first one was about a guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, England, Fairy Tales, History, Magic, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Prejudice | Tagged fairies, fletcher pratt, human sacrifice, jane porter, john hollyshoes, john uskglass, john uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner, jonathan strange and mr norrell, mary queen of scots, mr simonelli or the fairy widower, on lickerish hill, racism, rumplestiltskin, stardust, susanna clarke, tarzan, the blue star, the duke of wellington misplaces his horse, the ladies of grace adieu, the return of tarzan, the twelve, tom brightwind or how the fairy bridge was built at thoresby, treasures of the twelve, witches, zodiac |

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney – I seem to remember reading something about this book around when it first came out in the early nineties, in National Geographic or something. I was interested, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, Chess, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Final Fantasy, Games, History, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Plays, Poetry, Poul Anderson, Technology, Video Games, William Shakespeare, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged a land apart from time, a midsummer night's dream, a midsummer tempest, a winter's tale, a.a. milne, ariel, bad sir brian botany, barsoom, black mages, caliban, dejah thoris, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dragonrouge, dragons, elemental fiends, emperor mateus, english civil war, fairies, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, gorbash, gordon r. dickson, james gurney, jennifer ward, jetan, john carter, kathans, king charles i, light warriors, lin carter, mars, memory of heroes, oberon, ogres, operation chaos, prospero, rykors, sandmirks, takashi umemura, terra magica, the chessmen of mars, the dragon and the george, the tempest, three hearts and three lions, thuvia maid of mars, titania, when we were very young, white mages, wolves |

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 |

The Jeopardous Jade Djinn Gem

The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle, by Christopher Healy – It had been a while since I’d read the first book in this series, so I didn’t remember all the characters’ personalities, but it’s a fun read. Briar Rose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Xanth, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, a sorceress comes to call, akio higuchi, aliens, apoca lips, cannibalism, christopher healy, coronavirus, fairies, ganon, gerudo, ghosts, gleeok, hobbits, horses, hyrule, jinn, kalkars, league of princes, leevers, mars, mermaids, micicle, moon, nagas, octoroks, princess zelda, puns, shinpei itou, sleeping beauty, t. kingfisher, the crown prince of darkness, the goose girl, the hero's guide to storming the castle, the legend of zelda, the lunar trilogy, the moon maid, the moon men, the red hawk, ursula vernon, venus, zoras |

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 |

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 |