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The Thunderer: Three Tales of the God of Thunder
Three tales, each giving a different view of the God of
Donner When a struggling family man is mugged on his way home, a homeless drifter saves him. Strangeness follows this drifter who proves to be more than he at first appears.
In the Hall of the Thor and Loki journey to Jötunheim, the land of the giants. There, Thor faces his most difficult challenge, and his most implacable foe.
God of In the waning days of the Viking colonies on Greenland, a young warrior follows Skraelings, raiders from the icy waste even further to the north, that had been attacking their village. He finds something even stranger and more terrifying and discovers the truth of the old stories.
Donner When a struggling family man is mugged on his way home, a homeless drifter saves him. Strangeness follows this drifter who proves to be more than he at first appears.
In the Hall of the Thor and Loki journey to Jötunheim, the land of the giants. There, Thor faces his most difficult challenge, and his most implacable foe.
God of In the waning days of the Viking colonies on Greenland, a young warrior follows Skraelings, raiders from the icy waste even further to the north, that had been attacking their village. He finds something even stranger and more terrifying and discovers the truth of the old stories.
54 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 4, 2018
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July 18, 2018
Thor with PEOPLE, Thor with PEERS, and the consequences of Thor's intervention (maybe).
I obtained this book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
I devoured science fiction as I was learning to read. That's one of the reasons I like the form of short fiction so much. It IS hard to review, though, because often the shorter works are written to support some sort of quirk in design (either man-made or otherwise) or even (shudder) to provide an excuse for a pun.
Not these. In fact, thinking about some of Burkhead's other short work, I don't think any of them rely on a gimmick. He just tells stories. And some stories work in the short form, while others require multiple volumes.
In this work, Burkhead tells stories of Thor. This is NOT your comic-book hero; this is the ancient and scary person. Be prepared.
Story 1: What happens when you are on your way home from work, and you get mugged? If you are lucky, you just lose your money. You might lose your life, though, and that is likely to happen to the protagonist in the first story. It doesn't, though, because he has spoken kindly to a homeless person, who turns out to be....more than a bum. We are glad that this proves to be the case, because the protagonist is a thoroughly nice guy, married to a thoroughly nice lady, with a thoroughly nice daughter. However, this IS one of the old stories: Don't let the gods notice you!
Story 2: What happens when the giants want to mess with you? Well, they trick you, and confuse you, and deceive you, and even though the game is rigged, you STILL have to play. This story brings out some details to the old stories, making Thor more than just a guy with a big hammer. It also exposes us to a bit of the bawdiness found in the banter of the old & powerful people.Don't expect sophisticated humor from them. I recall some elements of this story from reading mythology; this re-telling is absolutely worth the time.
Story 3: What happens when you stick your nose into the business of the superbeings? Here, Burkhead has a little fun with us, I believe. Are the monsters those found in the classic tales, or are they space aliens? Are their powers magical, or just advanced technology? It could go either way, but it's still a great read. HOWEVER, this little tale served me, at any rate, with a decided reminder that we are not long on this Earth. We THINK we are important, because we are each living all the life we an; the truth is that our existence represents only a tiny fragment of geological time, and it's going to get cold again. And there is nothing any of us can do about that.
I found each of these stories to be very well done, but my favorite was the first. The protagonist IS a nice guy, and he demonstrated personal courage and honor; because he was worthy, he was given assistance from a minor divinity. It's a nice thought, isn't it?
I obtained this book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
I devoured science fiction as I was learning to read. That's one of the reasons I like the form of short fiction so much. It IS hard to review, though, because often the shorter works are written to support some sort of quirk in design (either man-made or otherwise) or even (shudder) to provide an excuse for a pun.
Not these. In fact, thinking about some of Burkhead's other short work, I don't think any of them rely on a gimmick. He just tells stories. And some stories work in the short form, while others require multiple volumes.
In this work, Burkhead tells stories of Thor. This is NOT your comic-book hero; this is the ancient and scary person. Be prepared.
Story 1: What happens when you are on your way home from work, and you get mugged? If you are lucky, you just lose your money. You might lose your life, though, and that is likely to happen to the protagonist in the first story. It doesn't, though, because he has spoken kindly to a homeless person, who turns out to be....more than a bum. We are glad that this proves to be the case, because the protagonist is a thoroughly nice guy, married to a thoroughly nice lady, with a thoroughly nice daughter. However, this IS one of the old stories: Don't let the gods notice you!
Story 2: What happens when the giants want to mess with you? Well, they trick you, and confuse you, and deceive you, and even though the game is rigged, you STILL have to play. This story brings out some details to the old stories, making Thor more than just a guy with a big hammer. It also exposes us to a bit of the bawdiness found in the banter of the old & powerful people.Don't expect sophisticated humor from them. I recall some elements of this story from reading mythology; this re-telling is absolutely worth the time.
Story 3: What happens when you stick your nose into the business of the superbeings? Here, Burkhead has a little fun with us, I believe. Are the monsters those found in the classic tales, or are they space aliens? Are their powers magical, or just advanced technology? It could go either way, but it's still a great read. HOWEVER, this little tale served me, at any rate, with a decided reminder that we are not long on this Earth. We THINK we are important, because we are each living all the life we an; the truth is that our existence represents only a tiny fragment of geological time, and it's going to get cold again. And there is nothing any of us can do about that.
I found each of these stories to be very well done, but my favorite was the first. The protagonist IS a nice guy, and he demonstrated personal courage and honor; because he was worthy, he was given assistance from a minor divinity. It's a nice thought, isn't it?
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