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Gods, Men, and Monsters

In the Company of Ogres, by A. Lee Martinez – This was a comedic look on fantasy, hardly anything new, but still entertaining. It tells the story of Never Dead Ned, a guy who dies quite often, but is always … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magnus Chase, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan, Terry Pratchett, Trials of Apollo | Tagged amazons, ants, apollo, demons, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, ents, goblins, in the company of ogres, myrmekes, neil diamond, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, ogres, orcs, percy jackson, salamanders, sirens, taylor swift, the hidden oracle |

Back to Rome

The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan – The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series has the parties from the first two join forces to fight the forces of Gaea. While this means people from Camp Half-Blood and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman | Tagged annabeth, arachne, coach gleeson hedge, gaea, gigantes, hercules, leo valdez, nemesis, percy jackson, satyrs, the mark of athena |

Night of the Living Daedalus

I was trying to think of characters from mythology I hadn’t covered yet, and I thought of Daedalus, the famous inventor. While most closely associated with Crete, the Athenians thought he should be a native of their own city, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged athena, athens, cocalus, crete, daedalus, icarus, kamikos, labyrinth, minos, minotaur, pasiphae, percy jackson, perdix, poseidon, rick riordan, sicily |

The Magic of Russia and Egypt

The Wizard of the Emerald City, by Alexander Volkov – Well, when I say it’s by Volkov, it’s actually mostly by L. Frank Baum. In the late thirties, this Soviet author translated and revised The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Egyptian, Mythology, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, kane chronicles, l. frank baum, percy jackson, rick riordan, tales of magic land, the red pyramid, the wizard of the emerald city |

The Great Set-Up

I’ve been reading Rick Riordan’s newest book, The Red Pyramid, which does for Egyptian mythology what his Percy Jackson series did for the Greek. The main villain (at least so far; I haven’t finished the book, and I know Riordan … Continue reading →

Posted in Egyptian, Mythology | Tagged adam and eve, bible, cain and abel, calendar, chaos, desert, geb, genesis, horus, isis, nephthys, nile, nut, osiris, percy jackson, ra, rick riordan, set, set animal, seth, the red pyramid, underworld |