Category Archives: Mythology

Links for the New Year

Posted on Monday, January 2, 2012 by Keith

More fun stuff, from the Internet to my brain, shared for your general edification. >MythPunk: …refers to “a subgenre of mythic fiction” in which classical folklore and faerie tales get hyperpoetic postmodern makeovers. Coined by author Catherynne M. Valente, the … Continue reading →

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Links for 12/19/11

Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 by Keith

A few odds and ends making their way from the internet to my brain in the last week: >A list of defunct auto manufactures and the cool cars they used to make, mostly from the nineteen-teens. Bless Wikipedia editors and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Keith

The wedding of Prince Humperdink and Princess Buttercup this weekend got overshadowed by our collective blood lust on Sunday but I wanted to try and at least sort out a little of what was going on, at least in my … Continue reading →

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Not The Perseus You’re Looking For

Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Keith

Over at Salon, Martha Nichols asks, why can’t Hollywood make good mythic movies? Watching the trailer for “Clash of the Titans,” I know as surely as the Oracle of Delphi that this movie will be foul. A remake of the … Continue reading →

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