tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post8516150527957517050..comments2024-03-05T02:37:43.002-08:00Comments on william morris unbound: Thor the Mighty Thunder GodTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-67649900986724088252011-11-09T11:54:06.940-08:002011-11-09T11:54:06.940-08:00The surge of Norse material continues in children&...The surge of Norse material continues in children's fiction too: see Francesca Simon's 'The Sleeping Army', set in a contemporary England in which people still worship the Norse gods, and Joanne Harrison's 'Runelight', which takes up from where her earlier 'Runemarks' (set 500 years after Ragnarok) left off.Essa Latonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-87968015006976978412011-09-29T14:22:58.653-07:002011-09-29T14:22:58.653-07:00Well, the novel is a very capacious genre, Jan. S...Well, the novel is a very capacious genre, Jan. Still, let's not argue about names. Have finally started reading 'Ragnarok' and it is indeed a powerful book, a way of inventing a language strong and dark enough to encompass the two apocalypses of World War Two and imminent ecological catastrophe.Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-62767075746795201252011-09-14T05:16:20.119-07:002011-09-14T05:16:20.119-07:00i don't think Byatt's book is a novel, exa...i don't think Byatt's book is a novel, exactly<br /><br />JanJannoreply@blogger.com