Gabbler Recommends: Travel Light, by Naomi Mitchison

I am going to start this new thing called “GABBLER RECOMMENDS” (also searchable as a tag “category” — see the side bar). It will showcase items that both BLA and I enjoyed. Feel free to recommend interesting books/novelties/artifacts to us in the comments below. There’s probably a lot we haven’t tried.

***CORRECTION*** BLA tells me that s/he has tried everything and therefore should make it clear that it’s only ME who needs help in my cultural development. Perhaps BLA is right. After all, I backed THE AUTOMATION. Ahem.

But to the post!

Gabbler recommends… Travel Light.

Why? Because this novel has nice dragons in it. Not all need to be slain. This novel weaves together various myths and magical creatures into one beautiful fairytale-like story. It was a very quick read (very short), and worth your time.

A Burlesque Translation of Homer from the Public Domain Review:

 

homerHilarious! One of the best “Evoking of the Muses” since…since…well, BLA’s, I must say. See the entire work at PDR. – Gabbler.

For Mecca:

…And for those of you who stumble across this blog and haven’t read our book and are like “WHY THE HELL DOES THAT SAY MECCA?” Take a chill pill and let us assure you that Mecca is a character in our novel. We do not mean the Islamic pilgrimage site. Although, his name does mean that.

Why doesn’t Vulcan/don’t the gods have a greater role(s) in THE AUTOMATION? Because this (SO this):

Wired.
Wired.

Seriously. I don’t think I’ve seen a good “Greco-Roman Myth” movie since…Troy? And even then there were literally no gods in that movie. None.

And for all of you thinking about mentioning 300, no. We will NOT be talking about that homophobic movie that calls Athenians “Boy Lovers” when Spartans were also “Boy Lovers.”

Like I said, no good Greco-Roman “myth” movies lately. That’s why we should, um, maybe stick to them in books. Like, oh, I don’t know THIS ONE.

Our Muse: