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• 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....
• void2258 commented on Commercial announcement
  I just finished reading the new editions. I am upset that Mike STILL just kinda barely does anything the end of book 3 and we never get any kind of indication as to what happens with him and what he was trying to do. Paulie similarly just vanishes. What was going on in New Britain was left somewhat hanging (not nearly as annoying now that I know more is coming), but I don't see much happening in terms of Mike and Paulie's storylines. It just feels like out of everything in the books those two just got forgotten about the...