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Bookshelf: The Popol Vuh
The Popol Vuh is the mythological book of the Quiche Mayan people of Guatemala. It was recorded by the 18th century Dominican friar Francisco Ximenez and is one of few accounts of the mythology of Central America to have survived … Continue reading
Essential Classics: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
You should only read this book if you either write stories or read them. Joseph Campbell explains why all stories and all heroes are really the same hero in the same story. Gilgamesh is Frodo Baggins is Odysseus is Luke … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish (named for its first two words, meaning “when on high”) is the Babylonian creation epic. It is related to the Genesis creation account (some would say “lies behind it”) and is gripping reading. It’s old (probably dates to … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Mabinogion
The Mabinogion is a collection of eleven old Welsh stories. In the form in which these stories survive, they are medieval, and some of them are probably in fact medieval stories (two of them are very old King Arthur tales). … Continue reading
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Bookshelf: The Stress of Her Regard
I just finished Tim Powers’s The Stress of Her Regard, and it’s awesome. I bought it from Jacob Weisman of Tachyon Publications at WorldCon, and had a nice chat with Jacob about selling strategy and about what literary fantasy is. … Continue reading
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Tagged Literary Fantasy, Tachyon Literary, The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
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Wildwood
“Sounds like a country song,” Prue McKeel observes 60 pages into Wildwood. “If country songs were really, really weird.” Wildwood is like American Gods for kids, in the forest. We’re back in the Old, Weird America with two kids having … Continue reading
