I started reading the Prose Edda (norse foundational Myth, but written hundreds of years after vikings in Iceland) a few days ago and it's pretty good. Not quite what I was expecting. I thought it would be Greek or Biblical in tone, but it's more Hindu. Wacky and out there.
Couple of bits I've copied and sent people
Also contained a detail about Troy being modern day Turkey which I never knew (there's a sort of grafted on bit where they are talking about how Hector maps to Odin or Thor, and Loki maps to Ulysses.
But I've put that down now cos Claudius the God has arrived, which I'm fully committed to, it's a good un. Just the level of intrigue and high stakes, plus now with all the stuff about Herod, who comes off as someone you could do a whole telly series on.
Interested to hear that scar city didn't do a lot for you Rich. I'm gonna get it soon and see what I think. As I said in the other thread, Robert aickman is sort of more my style (read another of his short stories and it was good) but I did also really enjoy 'From blue to black' in the end.
Couple of bits I've copied and sent people
He was silent when he returned home. He neither slept nor drank, and no one dared to speak to him.
You are raving, Loki,
and out of your mind,
why, Loki, do you not stop?
Also contained a detail about Troy being modern day Turkey which I never knew (there's a sort of grafted on bit where they are talking about how Hector maps to Odin or Thor, and Loki maps to Ulysses.
But I've put that down now cos Claudius the God has arrived, which I'm fully committed to, it's a good un. Just the level of intrigue and high stakes, plus now with all the stuff about Herod, who comes off as someone you could do a whole telly series on.
Interested to hear that scar city didn't do a lot for you Rich. I'm gonna get it soon and see what I think. As I said in the other thread, Robert aickman is sort of more my style (read another of his short stories and it was good) but I did also really enjoy 'From blue to black' in the end.