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G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Nathan

I recently wrote about the Zork gamebooks, but there were also a few novels published back in the day. As far as video game tie-ins go, they’re pretty good. They often feel like pretty standard fantasy with some Zorkian humor … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Hire

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Nathan

The Last Viking Trilogy, by Poul Anderson – Made up of three books, this work of historical fiction is about Harald Hardrada, an eleventh-century ruler of Norway who had a pretty fascinating life. He spent time in Kyiv and Constantinople, … Continue reading →

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Where a God Can Be a Kid

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Nathan

The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption, by James Branch Cabell – The follow-up to Figures of Earth has a lot of characters, with the focus on the Order of the Silver Stallion, the knights appointed by the late Manuel … Continue reading →

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New York Abstains

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Nathan

SPOILER WARNING for everything contained herein. Thor: Love and Thunder – I was looking forward to seeing this one, and while it was enjoyable enough, I felt like there just wasn’t that much there. It combines two stories, that of … Continue reading →

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The Ecosystem of Yggdrasil

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Nathan

A comment on my post about video game squirrels mentioned Ratatosk (or Ratatoskr, probably a more accurate transliteration, but not how I originally knew it), the squirrel from Norse mythology. He’s a red squirrel who runs up and down the … Continue reading →

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Nibbles of Nibelungs

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Nathan

Although I’ve been interested in classical mythology for most of my life, it was really Final Fantasy VI that made me want to check out the Teutonic hero Siegfried, a mysterious character in the game possibly intended to be the … Continue reading →

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We’re Up All Night to Get Loki

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Nathan

The Hammer of Thor, by Rick Riordan – By now, I guess it’s pretty much a given that I’m going to enjoy Riordan’s modern takes on classical mythology. This is the second book about Magnus Chase, son of Frey and … Continue reading →

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It’s Just a Fantasy

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Nathan

The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home, by Catherynne Valente – I believe this is officially the last book in the Fairyland series, but who knows what the future will bring? Well, maybe the marids do. Anyway, the … Continue reading →

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The Godchildren

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Nathan

Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes, by Rick Riordan – The follow-up to Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods has Riordan’s own demigod hero retelling the tales of the human heroes of the ancient Greek world with plenty of snide comments and anachronisms. All … Continue reading →

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If Your Heart Is Sad, Give Your Dog a Bone

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Nathan

I’m not sure if anyone is reading these reviews, but since I enjoy revisiting the records, I’m going to continue with the 2001 release by Frank Black and the Catholics, Dog in the Sand. I purchased this album used when … Continue reading →

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