tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post6798720929018301649..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: The Odyssey #3Bronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-4929966973203602092013-08-18T18:17:48.137+10:002013-08-18T18:17:48.137+10:00I heard Daniel Morden retell this story at the Syd...I heard Daniel Morden retell this story at the Sydney Writer's Festival. It was a wonderful way to absorb it. I'll look out for the audio - thanks :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-56543116184762179932013-08-17T05:44:15.651+10:002013-08-17T05:44:15.651+10:00It works so much better as an audio!It works so much better as an audio!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-80890107271317536322013-08-07T12:30:05.552+10:002013-08-07T12:30:05.552+10:00The vast majority of the time I am a completist an...The vast majority of the time I am a completist and attempt to read every word of a text. If I recall correctly, on the two instances that I read this I must confess to skipping and skimming over some of this part.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-12115679323282177282013-08-06T08:04:30.632+10:002013-08-06T08:04:30.632+10:00Thanks for the moral support.
It helps :-)Thanks for the moral support.<br />It helps :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-16473014383044945572013-08-06T08:04:05.486+10:002013-08-06T08:04:05.486+10:00Thank you!
Your Greek James Bond made me laugh!!
A...Thank you!<br />Your Greek James Bond made me laugh!!<br />And now you've given me a reason for the whole list thing I can probably push past it :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-57823155224231161042013-08-05T22:48:05.128+10:002013-08-05T22:48:05.128+10:00You can do it --remember that wonderful monster-fi...You can do it --remember that wonderful monster-filled Book 12 is next! - Sirens, Scylla & Charybdis. Lots of action! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-18609350148413157442013-08-05T22:01:10.193+10:002013-08-05T22:01:10.193+10:00Ancient epic poetry does that. It's worse in ...Ancient epic poetry does that. It's worse in the Iliad: there's a "catalogue of ships" in that one. Pages and pages about which ships sailed to Troy, who was on them, who wore what armor, who's the son of so-and-so's second grandson who sailed in that ship wearing that armor... I wanted to be among the dead at that point. <br /><br />The list of dead heroes is supposed to make Odysseus stand out as a hero, I think. Everyone else--and Homer does mean EVERYONE--just dies, but Odysseus goes to to the Underworld and returns. No one does that. He's an ancient Greek James Bond. <br /><br />Plus, Odysseus needs to hear about what happened to Agamemnon when he arrived home and what happened to Achilles. It's all about trust and loyalty and family and returning home in spite of the odds. And what awaits you when you do.<br /><br />Keep your eye on the prize! Things will pick up: more adventures (not lists!) are still to come.the thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715127418281101613noreply@blogger.com