Recent content by Karlin

I just read (borrowed, not bought) a Hebrew Fantasy novel, Kharashta, "Witch" in Aramaic. It is based on "Jewish Mythology", though most of what is in there is really Persian/Zoroastriam mythology that was absorbed into Jewish culture during the Sassinian Empire. The head demon is Asmodeus...

I'm fairly familiar with Chinese mythology. I gained what knowledge I have by reading some of the Chinese classics, and listening to podcasts of other ones. I can recommends this podcast. Best if you have many hours of communtingtime to listen in... https://chineselore.com/

This is true. Authors put a lot of themselves into books, just in the natural course of writing. There are " preachy" books, ones that are obviously pushing an agenda. Usually too obviously, in my opinion.

The very term " redemption " means diffrent things in different contexts and cultures. It doesn't mean the same thing for Jews and Christians , and if Sun Wukong "redeems" himself by protecting Xuanzang, what does that mean?

It's Chapter 27 of the Tao Te Ching. I should have given attribution. Maybe I assumed everyone would recognize it?

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is."

One wonders if Adams thought about this conciously.

Malik, why do you write? Personally.

Here's a curious one, perhaps pantsing taken too far. I got my main characters intoo a tattoo parlor, got the tatto parlor OK, but- I need the owner, the artist, who will be an important character. But I hadn't met this person yet. I had no idea who he or she was. I needed a tattoo artist! So...

Baseball Hat = American I generally wear a brocolli cat fur boa, so no one can guess where I am from.

Oh No! Don't say such a thing! Here everyone is "Doing What Tolkien Did", and you are suggesting that maybe He Didn't.

I am a huge fan of Farmer Giles. A wonderful story.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". Mark Twain. If anyone remembers him.

I've been avoiding it for over a decade, yet I don't don't think there's anything wrong with it. I'm a social media dinosaur, so I doubt Tik Tok has anything to do with my attitude.

A Canticle for Leibowitz. Amazing work, but one that doesn't get much attention these days.