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Gregory Michael Nixon
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April 2023
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https://www.goodreads.com/gregorymichaelnixon
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Diomedes in Kyprios (Diomedeia #2)
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The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire (Diomedeia Series Book 1)
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Very clever ideas & skillfully written, and full of lively detail to the point that the absurdity of it all could most often be ignored. Good parody of higher academia, too. But for what? It was never really scary, never really profound, never really
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You know those books that feel less like you’re reading and more like you’ve been dropped into another century, salt wind in your hair, bronze gleam of a spear catching the sun? That’s exactly what happened when I picked up Diomedes in Kyprios, Grego" Read more of this review » |
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"**⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️**
**Diomedes in Kyprios: Second Edition** by Gregory Michael Nixon is a breathtaking historical novel that masterfully intertwines history, mythology, and fiction. Set in the chaotic period following the Fall of Troy and the collapse of " Read more of this review » |
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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The voice of the hidden waterfall And the children in the apple-tree Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea. —T.S. Eliot, from “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets (Gardners Books; Main edition, April 30, 2001) Originally published 1943.” T.S. Eliot |
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David Gemmell’s book is most annoying to a history teacher, but he handles dialogue and action with great skill. What he writes is not really historical fiction but temporary war dramas with soldiers’ dialogue and modern agnosticism that he places ve ...more |
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THE GREATEST CANADIAN I have just finished this fine book and am shaking my head in admiration and disgust. Admiration that Canada was lucky enough to have had Sir John A. Macdonald at the helm during its initial years and later years of national cris ...more |
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"This is a captivating historical novel that immerses readers in the tumultuous era following the Fall of Troy and the Hittite Empire during the Bronze Age Collapse. The narrative is rich with authentic, mythic, and fictional characters, weaving a tap"
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"A Superb Sequel to The Diomedeia
I'm deeply impressed by the meticulous detail and breadth of knowledge in so many different areas that author Gregory Nixon has brought to this current saga of Diomedes. After reading and reviewing the first book in t" Read more of this review » |
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I appreciate the great reviewer, BUT this is not fantasy: there are no actual, embodied Gods in the story, only avatars and mistaken identities.
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“And I shall destroy everything I created. Earth will again appear as primordial ocean, as endlessness as in the beginning. I then am everything that remains — after I have turned myself back into a snake that no man knows."
—The ouroboric serpent of the primordial ocean speaks. (source p. 415 in The Diomedeia)”
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—The ouroboric serpent of the primordial ocean speaks. (source p. 415 in The Diomedeia)”
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“So now all things are damned, one feels at ease.”
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“Her gray eyes clear, the goddess Athena answered, "Down from the skies I come to check your rage if only you will yield”
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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
—T.S. Eliot, from “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets (Gardners Books; Main edition, April 30, 2001) Originally published 1943.”
― Four Quartets
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
—T.S. Eliot, from “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets (Gardners Books; Main edition, April 30, 2001) Originally published 1943.”
― Four Quartets
