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Summary: Missing some information
Review: This has some great information on Medieval society, mythology, and many other topics. I did get some ideas while reading it.BUT it needed more information on the things fantasy writers often get wrong. For example, it could have used a whole chapter on HORSES. We all know writers often get the facts about horses wrong. (As Diane Wynn Jones mentioned in "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland," some fantasy writers treat horses like bicycles.) More information about sieges, Medieval villages, wilderness survival tips, and so forth would have been nice, too. (How often have you read a fantasy novel where characters who are supposed to be hiding from their enemies light a huge campfire?) This book also needs a detailed bibliography
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Summary: A book of ideas, not concrete information
Review: THIS IS NOT THE BOOK YOU MIGHT WANT TO CITE FOR YOUR MYTHOLOGY TERM PAPER. I does not have the accurate, or the complete information on any of the subjects contained. It does a horrible job at citing its sources, and for that it should be hated. Likewise, nowhere in the book does it say that accuracy is what the authors aimed for in the first place. It provides more that a few interesting, intriguing, and not-too-cliche ideas for writers, worldbuilders, and the like. Just don't say that you got the most accurate info around.
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