Gods Behaving Badly

Himeko · 01-22-2008, 01:34 PM

Aphrodite is a phone sex operator...
Artemis is a professional dog walker
Apollo is a TV psychic
and Zeus sits in front of the TV all day.

The Greek Gods powers are waning as they share a London town house. So what happens when Apollo starts a fight with Aphrodite and soon the whole world is nearing its end?

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Just finished it. AWESOME book. Hilarious and a very good read. ^^

The author is Marie Phillips

Constantine · 01-22-2008, 02:42 PM

Check out Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, it's about the end of the world.

You'd like it I bet.

Himeko · 01-22-2008, 04:15 PM

I looked it up and it does sound pretty damn funny.

I'll add it to my growing list of books to buy.

ExpectantlyIronic · 02-02-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Constantine

Check out Good Omens by Terry Pratchett,

Good book. Terry Pratchett wrote it with Neil Gaiman, though, who also wrote a book called American Gods. It too involved ancient gods trying to get by in the modern world (does that concept qualify as a sub-genre yet?

). I'd recommend that one, but someone who wants to become familiar with Neil Gaiman's work would be better off reading the Sandman comics, which are simply fantastic (and also involve gods of various mythologies in a modern setting, come to think of it...).

HorseCorset · 03-21-2008, 12:27 PM

Neil Gaimen IS a god, lol. American Gods is one of my best reads of all time.

Jeanie · 03-21-2008, 12:58 PM

do we have a reading list thread?

<too lazy to look and see

fleinn · 03-21-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ExpectantlyIronic

Good book. Terry Pratchett wrote it with Neil Gaiman, though, who also wrote a book called American Gods. It too involved ancient gods trying to get by in the modern world (does that concept qualify as a sub-genre yet?

). I'd recommend that one, but someone who wants to become familiar with Neil Gaiman's work would be better off reading the Sandman comics, which are simply fantastic (and also involve gods of various mythologies in a modern setting, come to think of it...).

Supposedly they wrote their parts alone in the hours they usually work. And then put it together in the few hours they were both awake (and miserably tired). It's a really good read.

Sandman is another curious collection of stories and styles. Gaiman writes the story- boards, sometimes very briefly - and then others draw and ink. So while the stories develop sometimes at a slow deliberate pace, you're often forced to see the pictures as just backdrops to the tale. And over to the total opposite again, where the images drive the entire narrative alone. And that can be a bit strange. For example when a story at the one end of the book- pile serves as a canvas for a particular event happening hundreds of years and pages away.

But it's also a good read.

HorseCorset · 03-21-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fleinn

Supposedly they wrote their parts alone in the hours they usually work. And then put it together in the few hours they were both awake (and miserably tired). It's a really good read.

Sandman is another curious collection of stories and styles. Gaiman writes the story- boards, sometimes very briefly - and then others draw and ink. So while the stories develop sometimes at a slow deliberate pace, you're often forced to see the pictures as just backdrops to the tale. And over to the total opposite again, where the images drive the entire narrative alone. And that can be a bit strange. For example when a story at the one end of the book- pile serves as a canvas for a particular event happening hundreds of years and pages away.

But it's also a good read.

Even if your not a fan of graphic novels i suggest you check this out.

fleinn · 03-21-2008, 01:35 PM

*nods* yep.