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[ceria_taliesin]

Can anyone recommend any books about Vikings? Any genre is fine. I found one or two on Amazon a couple months ago, but they were terrible and I'm not willing to waste any more money if I don't have to.

Specifically the late 900's or early 1000's if you need a time period.

Thanks!

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[seph_ski]

Fiction or reference?

[ceria_taliesin]

Either, though I've read a bunch of reference books already. More reference is always good if that's what you had in mind.

HI!

[seph_ski]

I have a friend who re-enacts viking in the SCA, so I could ask her for some titles, but they'd all be reference and likely kind of obscure. Shall I ask her for some suggestions?

HI! :D

[ceria_taliesin]

Certainly! I read a bunch of reference stuff over the summer and it's always good to read more now that it's been awhile.

Thanks!

[arieltachna]

Have you tried the Laxdaela sage? It's an Icelandic saga from the 1200s. It's available to read online at http://omacl.org/Laxdaela/ if you want to get a taste before deciding if you want to buy it.

[ceria_taliesin]

I have not heard of that, going to read right now. Thanks!

[keoki]

Is this for the super secret project or something to kill time with?

[ceria_taliesin]

LOL.
My Viking story, yep. I still haven't started it. Well, I wrote about 10 pages this summer, but I want to get moving on it.

[keoki]

Awesome sauce! Let me know how it goes.

[geekmama]

You've read The Long Ships by Bengtsson? It's the one that came immediately to mind.

[teenybuffalo]

Seconded! It's a wonderful book. I didn't think that anyone but me was likely to have read it. Awesome!

[ceria_taliesin]

I have not, thank you, but it looks great.

[teenybuffalo]

I would also add: there's a book out there on the Leif Eriksson voyages, a historical novel, and it's really well-written but depressing, and I can't for the life of me remember its title or author. It wasn't "Summerland" but it was something like that. The author was a British writer who is otherwise known for writing funny fantasy, sort of sub-Pratchett quality. I'll see if I can scout it out for you. Just the other month, I gave this book to the used bookstore, expecting that I'd never read it again. If I still had it, you could just plain have my copy...

[ceria_taliesin]

That sounds good, so yes please if you find out the name.
Thanks!