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Must Be the Season of the Alchemist

Hospital, by Han Song, translated by Michael Berry – This is a pretty bizarre book, partially a satire on the medical industry, with the hospital system essentially taking over the world, then branching out from there into increasingly surreal territory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Animals, Art, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Buddhism, carl barks, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Health, Humor, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Technology | Tagged city of the plague god, corn jenny, daffy-o, daisy duck, demons, donald duck, duck luck, dumuzi, franz kafka, fury of the dragon goddess, gulliver's travels, gyro gearloose, han song, hollow earth, hospital, huey dewey and louie, ishtar, jack frost, jack in the green, jonathan swift, junior woodchucks, lucian of samosata, ludvig holberg, lugal, magica de spell, michael berry, middlegame, monkeys, niels klim, niels klim's underground travels, rabisu, rick riordan presents, sarwat chadda, satire, scrooge mcduck, seasonal fears, seasons, sikander aziz, stingy jack, stranger than fiction, tammuz, the madcap mariner, the terrible tourist, true history |

What Part of MOON Don’t You Understand?

I’ve been meaning to write about the 1902 silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune for about a month now, after watching it and seeing some information about it here. I guess my timing is kind of appropriate anyway, since … Continue reading →

Posted in Futurama, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a trip to the moon, from the earth to the moon, georges melies, h.g. wells, jules verne, le voyage dans la lune, lucian of samosata, moon, the first men in the moon, thomas edison, true history |

Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars

I’m sure many of us will recall the time when we looked up into the night sky in all its majesty, saw the stars in their glory, and thought to ourselves, “THAT’S supposed to be a LION? What were those … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Authors, Douglas Adams, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Science, Star Trek | Tagged big dipper, callisto, cancer, canis major, constellations, dog days, hera, herakles, hercules, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, hydra, leo, lucian of samosata, nemean lion, orion, sirius, stars, the restaurant at the end of the universe, true history, ursa major, ursa minor, zeus |

All These Things Really Happened

What is it that separates the literary tall tale from straight-up fantasy? I think a lot of it is in the intention and presentation of the author. Tall tales are stories that are supposed to be ridiculous, yet the teller … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Humor | Tagged baron munchausen, don quixote, herodotus, homer, lucian of samosata, moon, odysseus, odyssey, rudolph erich raspe, sun, tall tales, terry gilliam, the adventures of baron munchausen, the surprising adventures of baron munchausen, true history |