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A review by kbeddes
Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations of Several Ancient Legends by George Barr, Peter S. Beagle, Avram Davidson
4.0
Guys, I am like, two pages into this thing and I think it's the greatest thing since baked bread. And I really love baked bread. I will keep you updated. But I am VERY excited about this.
Genre: essay? sci fi? I am not sure to be honest. It's kind of a mixture of all sorts of things.
Summary: Avram Davidson just sifts through the different theories behind how certain legends came to be. Most of the time, he was able to narrow down the make-believe to something concrete and real. Each chapter was self-contained to it's own topic because originally, each chapter was printed separately in various sci fi magazines.
Response: I really really enjoyed this book, with the exception of a chapter or two. It's always interesting to me how certain ideas get started. And like he mentions, everyone knows that wombats are real and dragons are not, but hardly anyone knows what a wombat looks like and EVERYONE knows what a dragon looks like. And sometimes, just the way that he puts things are so beautiful and thought provoking. It also didn't hurt that this was the first book in a long while that I actually felt the need to look certain words up. It was just so pleasurable to read someone who was so obviously well-read himself, because he kept referencing all these peoples and places. It was awesome.
Genre: essay? sci fi? I am not sure to be honest. It's kind of a mixture of all sorts of things.
Summary: Avram Davidson just sifts through the different theories behind how certain legends came to be. Most of the time, he was able to narrow down the make-believe to something concrete and real. Each chapter was self-contained to it's own topic because originally, each chapter was printed separately in various sci fi magazines.
Response: I really really enjoyed this book, with the exception of a chapter or two. It's always interesting to me how certain ideas get started. And like he mentions, everyone knows that wombats are real and dragons are not, but hardly anyone knows what a wombat looks like and EVERYONE knows what a dragon looks like. And sometimes, just the way that he puts things are so beautiful and thought provoking. It also didn't hurt that this was the first book in a long while that I actually felt the need to look certain words up. It was just so pleasurable to read someone who was so obviously well-read himself, because he kept referencing all these peoples and places. It was awesome.