Special Effects Pioneer and Master of Monsters Ray Harryhausen dead at 92.

If you were a kid of a certain age who liked monsters, you couldn't have lived in the 60's-80's in the US without seeing a Harryhausen flick at least once. And you probably loved them. It didn't matter if it was the Giant Octopus from It Came From Beneath the Sea, the poor ( Read more... )

Note that 'Raven' should have an umlaut above the a ( Read more... )

Bet you never saw a title like that before ( Read more... )

If you're interested, you can still get this book for a more than fair price at Paizo: Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era. It's going for $2 through tomorrow -- really, how can yoiu go wrong at that price ( Read more... )

The man who designed the first modern wargame and who created the Avalon Hill game company, Charles Roberts, just died recentlyMy brother was a big Avalon Hill game fan when he was growing up and I caught the bug from him. Since he spent most of his time in the Army, that left the games at home for me to play with. Man did I ever get a lot of fun ( Read more... )

Man, you really can find anything online these days ( Read more... )

Someone wrote a book on the worship of Inari and kitsune legends in Japan. Apparently it's quite good. It's pricy, but you can always get a copy through interlibrary loan.

Here it is: The Fox And The Jewel.

Enjoy!

Wow. I thought these stories were dead.

Icelandic communities still making room for the svartalfar and huldufolk. I know that some people will be tearing their hair out over this, but I find it touching in an odd way. Mind, I'll need better evidence before I say that the Hidden People are hanging in Iceland, but part of me is pleased to see that ( Read more... )

This has got to be the craziest comic I've ever seenJesus versus the Greek Gods, tearing himsdelf free from the cross after they mock him just so he can kick their asses all the way back to Olympus? Man, talk about your muscular Christianity ( Read more... )

Got this from the always-lovely Gingervixen. So who am I ( Read more... )