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Human Alchemy

The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy – This is an amusing take on well-known fairy tales focuses on what happens after the stories, and that it isn’t always just living happily ever after. The princes from Cinderella, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Mathematics, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Russian, seanan mcguire, Theosophy | Tagged asphodel deborah baker, bards, christopher healy, cinderella, demons, doctrine of ethos, dwarves, fullmetal alchemist, giants, katherine arden, koschei the deathless, middlegame, morozko, over the garden wall, prince charming, pythagoras, rapunzel, sleeping beauty, snow white, the bear and the nightingale, the girl in the tower, the hero's guide to saving your kingdom, trolls, witches |

Remember the Old Stories

Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke – Since I’ve read the whole Space Odyssey series, I decided to give these books a shot as well. They’re fairly similar in tone, with an emphasis on space exploration and visits by … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, Fairy Tales, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Religion, Russian | Tagged arthur c. clarke, charles shearer, katherine arden, morozko, ozma, rendezvous with rama, the answer lies in oz, the bear and the nightingale |