Grand unified books thread

[Ed Anger]

Alas, Babylon. Just in time for the Trumpenreich.

[Syt]

Collected Bloom County comics by year on Humble Bundle for those inclined to read these:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bloom-county-comics-bundle

[jimmy olsen]

With a pun in the title like that, this book is clearly aimed at Languish. 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/05/05/kfc-publishes-romance-novel-for-mothers-day-starring-col-sanders-with-ripped-muscles.html

[Valmy]

I guess that is Ed with his home in Normandy in the background.

[Ed Anger]

I guess that is Ed with his home in Normandy in the background.

Damn, I must lift with those arms.

[Syt]

Finished Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. Really loved the book, up until the ending which was ... meh?

[Eddie Teach]

If they are "wings" of desire, why is she holding a drumstick? 

[Syt]

With a pun in the title like that, this book is clearly aimed at Languish. 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/05/05/kfc-publishes-romance-novel-for-mothers-day-starring-col-sanders-with-ripped-muscles.html

KFC sponsored a few B movies way back when in exchange for Col Sanders cameos: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761571/

E.g. "Hell's Bloody Devils"

[Admiral Yi]

If they are "wings" of desire, why is she holding a drumstick? 

Nice catch. 

[Savonarola]

I finished The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.  There are some interesting insights in it; but, as a whole, the book is a better guide to understanding "Star Wars" than it is to understanding myth and legend.  The one thing that caught me by surprise in the book was how often he made reference to Freudian psychology.  Given the subject matter, if there was psychology at all I would have expected it to be Jungian.

[Valmy]

Interesting. How did he work Freud in there?

[Syt]

I finished The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.  There are some interesting insights in it; but, as a whole, the book is a better guide to understanding "Star Wars" than it is to understanding myth and legend.  The one thing that caught me by surprise in the book was how often he made reference to Freudian psychology.  Given the subject matter, if there was psychology at all I would have expected it to be Jungian.

Have yet to read it, but I read "The Writer's Journey" which is based mostly on it, but written explicitly with (Hollywood) story structure in mind, and pointing out examples from Wizard of Oz to Pulp Fiction and Romancing the Stone.

[Savonarola]

Interesting. How did he work Freud in there?

He frequently makes reference to dreams and their interpretation in order to illustrate elements of what he calls the monomyth.  Also he makes frequent references to the Oedipal Complex in that both monsters and anything to be reconciled with are interpreted as the father figure, while anything to be pursued is the mother figure.

[CountDeMoney]

I finished The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.  There are some interesting insights in it; but, as a whole, the book is a better guide to understanding "Star Wars" than it is to understanding myth and legend.  The one thing that caught me by surprise in the book was how often he made reference to Freudian psychology.  Given the subject matter, if there was psychology at all I would have expected it to be Jungian.

Freud lends himself easier to comparative archetype studies, and he was all the rage when Hero was written;  Campbell gets Jung more involved (ironically, as Jung gets more popular) as he gets older and explores larger societal themes, but he never really dispenses of one for the other.

Should check out his big lecture series from PBS back in the day if you can.  Neat stuff.

[mongers]

I have a working e-reader again; can I say locked and loaded?