Oh. My. Goodness. This is just perfection. I love you so much for doing this, it's made of serious WIN. I love that you have illustrations and footnotes and everything. I didn't expect to come online today and find so much awesome, what with this and thelistkeeper's fez/skull picture. *runs away squeeeing*
You know what it reminds me of? Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, especially the introduction. (That book has some flaws in the story part, I think, but the introduction is brilliant.)
My brain is weird. I tried to write a story about Rory's 2000 years as the Lone Centurion, and instead this came out. Those footnotes were hell to think up, too. I'm glad you liked it so much. And a rec, even. Thanks!
I saw your post about your coming job yesterday, and I had an inkling you would either like this or completely condemn me for the mess I made of your field. I'm happy it's the first. :-)
I must have read Eaters of the Dead at some point, but I can't honestly remember anything of it, certainly not of the introduction. I may have to find that again somewhere.
Well I'm very glad your brain is weird! ;D And I'm very glad you wrote this, because it was a great read! I just love this kind of genre. Brilliantly executed too. The Egyptian picture reminds me of a bit of real research on the Minoan bull's head rhyton that one of my colleagues was doing recently :)
I'd recommend Eaters of the Dead definitely - it's the one The 13th Warrior was based on, where Crichton cleverly interweaves the idea of an Arab travelling with Vikings (which has a factual basis) with the Beowulf legend.
I have no historical/classical background whatsoever, unless you count Latin in high school. I do love the subject, though, and apparently scholarese is pretty similar across humanities and natural sciences...
Thank you again for your comments! My ego is doing well off them. ;-D
As someone who's loved history her entire life, and started out at college as a history major (ended up with a minor), I totally fangasmed over this. I mean ... the illustrations ... the footnotes ... fanfic as a historical paper ... if I weren't married I'd be all MARRY ME AND BEAR MY INTERNET CHILDREN.
This is so awesome! One thing, if I may: a minor mispelling on Fig. 2: 'Freeze' should be 'frieze', right?
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You know what it reminds me of? Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, especially the introduction. (That book has some flaws in the story part, I think, but the introduction is brilliant.)
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I saw your post about your coming job yesterday, and I had an inkling you would either like this or completely condemn me for the mess I made of your field. I'm happy it's the first. :-)
I must have read Eaters of the Dead at some point, but I can't honestly remember anything of it, certainly not of the introduction. I may have to find that again somewhere.
Thank you for the comment!
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I'd recommend Eaters of the Dead definitely - it's the one The 13th Warrior was based on, where Crichton cleverly interweaves the idea of an Arab travelling with Vikings (which has a factual basis) with the Beowulf legend.
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(Is the referencing style right? It was hard to find guidance on that)
Yeah, I read Eaters of the Dead in the 13th Warrior version. I'll see if I can find it again for a reread.
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BRILLIANT. Just. Brilliant.
And the Discworld reference makes it even more awesome :D
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Every library is a TARDIS, of sorts. :-)
Thank you for your comment!
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You know more about Ammianus than I do, then. I needed a period-appropriate Roman historian, and did some Googling until I found one.
Glad you liked it!
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But your paper is a perfect mock-up, and very convincing. It's also an interesting and entertaining read, and I like it a lot.
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Thank you again for your comments! My ego is doing well off them. ;-D
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As someone who's loved history her entire life, and started out at college as a history major (ended up with a minor), I totally fangasmed over this. I mean ... the illustrations ... the footnotes ... fanfic as a historical paper ... if I weren't married I'd be all MARRY ME AND BEAR MY INTERNET CHILDREN.
This is so awesome! One thing, if I may: a minor mispelling on Fig. 2: 'Freeze' should be 'frieze', right?
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Thank you for your comment!
re: the misspelling... *whistles innocently* where? ;-p you're right, thanks for telling me!
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