tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25595390.post7766833217391737286..comments2023-12-23T15:17:54.088+00:00Comments on iamleeg: TGD - expanding the fieldGraham Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305141119009757571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25595390.post-71005504491637626562007-01-31T18:25:00.000+00:002007-01-31T18:25:00.000+00:00I loved the Dirk Gently series, and in many ways I...I loved the Dirk Gently series, and in many ways I think they're superior to the HHGTTG books, but American Gods is a bit more grown-up about it all (which isn't necessarily a good thing...), and it's rather classic Neil Gaiman stuff if you ever read much Sandman.<br /><br />I wouldn't expect to get too much in the way of philosophy out of Thus Spake Zarathustra without reading a fair bit more Nietzsche. I spent years studying him at university, and am still unsure as to what the layers of metaphor are really trying to say, or even whether it's the kind of book that works that way...<br /><br />Reading it as a piece of messed-up, crazy, pseudo-religious prose is worth doing though. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25595390.post-70560466909611759432007-01-31T12:05:00.000+00:002007-01-31T12:05:00.000+00:00I haven't read American Gods, but there's a good b...I haven't read American Gods, but there's a good book on fairly dissimilar grounds called "The Long Dark TeaTime of the Soul" by Douglas Adams. I won't give away the plot but it starts with a Norwegian man called Thor blowing up part of an airport ;-)<br /><br />Only Nietzsche I've read is Beyond Good and Evil...Thus Spake Zarathustra is on the to-do list though.Graham Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305141119009757571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25595390.post-66399049856374675952007-01-31T03:55:00.000+00:002007-01-31T03:55:00.000+00:00I take it you've read American Gods Graham?
It's ...I take it you've read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods">American Gods</a> Graham?<br /><br />It's all about "how many people believe what is said" :)<br /><br />Not sure if you've read much Nietzsche, but there's a rather good book called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Zarathustra-Paul-Kriwaczek/dp/0297646222">In Search of Zarathustra</a> that covers some Mithras ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com