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Sorry, I Was Creating the Milky Way

The name “Milky Way” comes from the appearance of a band of stars and other celestial objects visible in the sky at certain times. It’s actually a view of the galactic plane from the outer spiral arm on which Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Authors, Chinese, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Native American, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Science | Tagged altair, armenia, birds, cherokee, galaxies, hera, hercules, kronos, milky way, pawnee, percy jackson's greek heroes, rhea, silver river, vahagn vishapkagh, vega, zeus |

More Moon Men

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin – I remember being drawn to this book on a library shelf, but not checking it out because I already had several books checked out. More recently, Amy mentioned it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Chinese, Fairy Tales, Mythology | Tagged altair, Buffalo Boy, Buffalo Boy Flatland, da-a-fu, edward bellamy, from the earth to the moon, grace lin, h.g. wells, jules verne, jung shang, looking backward, milky way, moon, niu lang, the collector's book of science fiction by h.g. wells, the first men in the moon, the war of the worlds, vega, when the sleeper wakes, where the mountain meets the moon, wild swans, yue lao |