Figura Obscura

PanchaMaestro said:
Natalie Haynes made a really good hour long doc that’s on You Tube about Medusa as well.
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That sounds awesome, I'll check it out.
I think I heard about the book via The Ancients podcast, which had Natalie on as a guest (also an all around good podcast, some really interesting episodes).

TheSameIdiot said:
While we're doing mythology-inspired fiction recommendations, I'll shout out Madeline Miller's Circe, The Song of Achilles, and Galatea.
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The Song of Achilles is literally sitting on my 'to read' pile of books, so will bump it up to the top :D I'll keep an eye out for the other two as well on my next bookshop visit.
 
I like the Ancients a lot as well. Prob second favorite History podcast after the Rest is History. Although I haven't started the new Mary Beard podcast yet. Sure its engaging as hell. Quite a few of those History Hit podcasts are worth a listen.
 
PanchaMaestro said:
I like the Ancients a lot as well. Prob second favorite History podcast after the Rest is History. Although I haven't started the new Mary Beard podcast yet. Sure its engaging as hell. Quite a few of those History Hit podcasts are worth a listen.
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I'll have to explore some of the other History Hit podcasts, as I don't think I've started any of the others yet. Is the new Mary Beard one Instant Classics? It looks like it only has a few episodes so far, which always feels a lot more accessible (I never know where to start when podcasts are a few hundred episodes deep).

docsilence said:
My partner loved Circe so much she got a line from it tattooed.
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This is a pretty high level of recommendation! I'll definitely put it on my to-read list.
 
Yeah. Instant Classics is her new show. I do 100s deep podcasts by listening to alternating current eps and older eps in order starting with #1 until I catch up. The History Hit Medieval show is good too as is the one based in creepy history stories. After Dark I think.
 
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RicksNerdLife said:
I feel like I'm going to regret not getting the Devil...
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GrumpyMatt said:
I'm getting those same feelings.
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joshsquash729 said:
Same here, kinda. But I have to assume they'll probably release it again in the retailer exclusive re-release. Might be a different color, but sometimes they look even cooler!
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Quoted to let you know in stock now - https://store-horsemen.myshopify.com/collections/in-stock/products/figura-obscura-the-jersey-devil
 
TheSameIdiot said:
Which one?
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“All my life I have been moving forward, and now I am here.”

(It's a little ridiculous the number of text tattoos we have in this house but probably comes from being a writer and librarian living together. Between us we've got Miller, Steinbeck, Ovid, Tennyson, and Goethe... Maybe more? inked somewhere)
 
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