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This Life Is for Squirrels

Shakespeare for Squirrels, by Christopher Moore – The third of the author’s Shakespeare parodies, after Fool and The Serpent of Venice, takes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m interested in this play as it’s sort of a mythological crossover, mixing … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Buddhism, Christopher Moore, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, atlas, belial, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, erdrick, fairies, fool, hamlet, hargon, hippolyta, milly, nick bottom, oberon, pazuzu, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess of moonbrooke, satori, shakespeare for squirrels, slimes, terry, the serpent of venice, theseus, titania |

Magnoflex, Monster Masters, and Metroids

Just a few book and comic reviews this time, all stuff related to Oz or video games. Helda the Witch of Oz, by James Fuller – This is a series of five books, each one with a different color in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Humor, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged bini aru, dai no daibouken, deadtree, dino, dragon quest ii, dragon quest monsters, emblem of roto, erdrick, helda the blue witch of oz, helda the green witch of oz, helda the purple witch from oz, helda the red witch of oz, helda the witch of oz, helda the yellow witch of oz, james fuller, kandar, kraid, loran, mari yoshimura #2, marumo, mine yoshizaki, monster masters, nome king, pazuzu, peter pan, ridley, robbin' hood, samus aran, scalawagons, secret of evolution, tamkichi sakura, terry, the shape of happiness, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz |

The Ascent of Men

The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves – The library system only had one copy of this, so it took me a few checkouts to finish it, but I finally did. It’s an interesting and pretty thorough retelling of Greek mythology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, alefgard, brownies, christopher stasheff, cowardly lion, craig shaw gardner, david hulan, demons, donald abbott, dragon quest monsters, dragonlord, dragons, dwarves, ebenezum, emerald city, glinda, how the wizard came to oz, kalidahs, manga, matriarchy, mine yoshizaki, mortamor, oz and the three witches, patriarchy, quelala, robert graves, ross macdonald, slimes, terry, the ballad of wuntvor, the gauds of oz, the greek myths, the way of a lion, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards |

Monster Masters

I might as well review the books related to the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series that I received for my birthday, since I’ve finished reading them. Dragon Quest Illustrations, by Akira Toriyama – This collects some of Toriyama’s drawings … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, chocobos, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest illustrations, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragonlord, dragons, final fantasy lost stranger, final fantasy ultimania archive, grandmaster nimzo, greattree, hazuki minase, imps, itsuki kameya, king satan, kleo, manga, milly, mine yoshizaki, minotaur, moogles, murdaw, shogo sasaki, slib, slimes, square enix, terry, watabou, xenlon, yoshitaka amano, yuko sasaki, zoma |

Dream Dragon Warriors

I wrote a post about Dragon Quest VI a few weeks ago after finishing the game, and I have a few other ideas for video game entries, but before I go there I’d like to take a closer look at … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Names, Video Games | Tagged amos, ashlynn, carver, dhuran, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest vi, hackasaurus, lizzie, madame luca luminista, milly, murdaw, nevan, pegasus, peggy sue, slimes, somnia, sorceria, terry |