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• Trottelreiner commented on Commercial announcement
  Hm, the slave/playthings angle reminds me somewhat of the "Dark Eldars" with Warhammer 40K, though those are still quite close to humans, at least the sociopaths with us. OTOH, if you see alien abductions[1] as a modern equivalent of fae abductions, just like those are an early medieval equivalent with the Wild Hunt[2], then it might be interesting to look at some of the ideas about the hidden motives of the Greys or Greens or whatever, it's been some time since watching the X-Files... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alleged_extraterrestrial_beings [1]Well, I'm an adherent of the psychosocial school of UFOlogy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosocial_hypothesis namely the one mixing...
• paws4thot commented on Commercial announcement
  Thanks Charlie. Trottelreiner #128[2] The "Wild Hunt" is often (not always) characterised in the myths I know as an activity of the Seelie or Unseelie Court....
• Trottelreiner commented on Commercial announcement
  Well, yes, but it seems like in many non-British Isles sources there is made a connection to Odin or Frigg, like in names. There might be similar phenomena in other ancient Indo-European cultures, like Rudra in India. Since most of the cultures in question also have some nature spirits or nymphs that could be conceptualized as an equivalent to fairies, and we could argue quite a few tales about faes are remnants of pagan gods, it's somewhat tricky which one was first, the fae or the god interpretation....
• metachromatic commented on Commercial announcement
  It's quite remarkable that customers are getting rewritten books essentially true to the original concept of the trilogy. This qualifies as a sort of "director's cut" version of these books. Suggests some exciting new possibilities for e-books. Perhaps other authors (or Charlies himself) will go farther, and include "expanded editions" with early drafts, alternate endings, short stories featuring some or all of the main characters is prequel or sequel stories, etc.?...
• gmuir77 commented on Commercial announcement
  I assume this thread is quite dead by now but I have to say, I'm most of the way through the second book and am greatly enjoying myself....