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The Navajo Know

The Chronicles of Banarnia, by Robert Rankin – The follow-up to The Lord of the Ring Roads continues the tale of fairies who had been driven underground by humans taking over Brentford. In this book, Jim Pooley and John Omally journey … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Humor, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, Prejudice, Rick Riordan, Robert Rankin | Tagged a disagreement with death, changing woman, craig shaw gardner, death, dragons, ebenezum, fairies, hero twins, j.c. cervantes, jim pooley, john omally, professor slocombe, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, squid, the ballad of wuntvor, the chronicles of banarnia, the lord of the ring roads, the storm runner, wuntvor |

Whether Nero to Me or Far

An Excess of Enchantments, by Craig Shaw Gardner – The second book in the Ballad of Wuntvor trilogy, there just wasn’t as much to this one as to earlier volumes. Pretty much the whole thing was based around Mother Duck’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, craig shaw gardner, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Magic, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Roman, Roman Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson, seanan mcguire, Trials of Apollo, Video Games, Wayward Children | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, an excess of enchantment, apollo, art of mana, cats, curious cottabus, down among the sticks and bones, dragons, dwarves, every heart a doorway, falkor, final fantasy adventure, flammie, giants, kabumpo in oz, meg mccaffrey, neko, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, niccolo, puss in boots, python, secret of mana, the ballad of wuntvor, the neverending story, the tower of nero, troglodytes, vampires, wolves, wuntvor, zeus |

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 |