tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post7064199710641643893..comments2023-10-22T09:30:50.631-06:00Comments on A Blog, I Has One: My Big Fat Greek StorySassee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467194378492103369noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post-31189538605534921972009-09-19T09:13:59.804-06:002009-09-19T09:13:59.804-06:00One of our fellow AWers has a Furie-based book com...One of our fellow AWers has a Furie-based book coming out, or that just came out-- I'll have to check on the release date. But you're right -- the prettified supernaturals of We. Europe are waaay overdone. New authors have wither got to find a new way to deal with old hat, or move on. <br /><br />I've always been curious about fairytale retellings. Not exactly new stuff, but there's so much that can be done with it, and so much to choose from. Maybe one day I'll give it a shot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post-36603989854706732932009-09-18T21:36:25.472-06:002009-09-18T21:36:25.472-06:00Also check out The Writer's Complete Fantasy R...Also check out The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference and The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology. Both books are great references for all things pre-Renaissance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post-37308684214774168662009-09-18T15:01:28.870-06:002009-09-18T15:01:28.870-06:00It's mid-century (20th that is) talk about the...It's mid-century (20th that is) talk about the concept of the "Monomyth" (the concept at the heart of Star Wars also known as "The Hero's Journey"). <br /><br />His theory is that all myths are one and the same. <br /><br />He relies heavily on Freud/Jung (psychoanalysis) for his analysis of world myths and the points in common. He is also into adverbs, lots and lots of adverbs. Still well worth a read. <br /><br />I'm reading his classic: The Hero with a Thousand Faces.<br /><br />A good place to start (before picking up the book) is on the related wikis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth), as well as TV Tropes (under any subheading with the word Call such as http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive).<br /><br />Well worth the read, at least as far as I can tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post-43646235067979244782009-09-18T14:49:16.397-06:002009-09-18T14:49:16.397-06:00We're on the same wavelength because Greco-Rom...We're on the same wavelength because Greco-Roman stuff is just plain awesome. Also, it's because we win at life.<br /><br />I haven't read Joseph Campbell. What's his stuff like?<br /><br />Also, lol, I didn't forget the leather etc... it's just that the imagery doesn't usually make it into the actual books (unless you happen to be LKH). Cover art trends is an entirely different post topic ;)Sassee Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467194378492103369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153172298762041002.post-30787901228944670082009-09-18T14:28:30.468-06:002009-09-18T14:28:30.468-06:00We must be sharing the same mental frequency becau...We must be sharing the same mental frequency because I ditched UF this year in favor of Dark Age Fantasy (5-8 century Europe with some elements of the 9-11th) around the Mediterranean. Lots of Greco-Roman stuff (I love mythology, learned English though it).<br /><br />It helps that I'm reading Joseph Campbell right now.<br /><br />As for the UF tropes, you forgot leather, tramp stamps and bums/butts!<br /><br />:D<br /><br />P.S. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com