I've been reading this book called, "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 9 from the nine worlds". And it's basically telling a story about the other characters who were in the main story, the ones that helped Magnus Chase save Asgard. It's been about 3 months since I read that book but I have weird feeling that I remember some of the characters. And you can probably guess the book is by, "Rick Riordan" because he is just an amazing author. I wish that he would produce more books about Asian Mythology because I've never read one of those before. I just searched up this book called, "Dragon Pearl" and it's about Korean mythology.
Well, not necessarily all of Korean mythology but the fox spirits which I think are really cool. Back when I used to play this mythology game called, "Smite" I would always pick the characters that had something to with asian mythology and one of them was a Chinese fox spirit called, "Da Ji" that had nine tails. Papa, if you are reading this I would hope that for my birthday you could get me this book from Barnes and Nobles since your work is right next to it. You usually get me books anyway, so this would be an amazing addition to my mythology collection. My first book about asian gods, let me give you a little summary about it from Rick Riordan himself.
"Min is just your regular teenaged fox spirit, living with her family on the dusty backwater world of Jinju. Oh, sure, like all fox spirits, she can change shape into whatever she wants: human, fox, even a dining table. And, yes, she has the power to Charm -- to manipulate human emotions and make people see things that aren’t there. But that’s not very exciting when you’re stuck on the family farm, sleeping every night in a crowded common room with your snoring cousins, spending every day fixing condensers in the hydroponics dome. Min yearns to join the Space Forces like her older brother Jun did – to see the galaxy and have marvelous adventures!
That’s not easy for fox spirits, though. When humans colonized the galaxy, they brought all the supernatural races with them: dragons, tigers, goblins, you name it. But fox spirits? They have a bad reputation as unreliable tricksters. Nobody wants them around. Even now, when humans have spread across the Thousand Worlds, there doesn’t seem to be any place for foxes. Min has to hide her true nature. There’s little chance she’ll be as lucky as her brother and escape her dull existence." The only weird thing about most mythology books is that although you might think most of these books take place in ancient times they really are in the present or future and that may not make sense to you.
I just found out that all of these books that say Rick Riordan aren't actually written by him, maybe some of them are but a couple of them are from other authors that he had decided publish because he liked them. Of course, this doesn't make him a liar, because he does put the author's name at the bottom. I just always assumed that when it said, "Rick Riordan Presents" it meant he wrote it. He uses his fame to bring small time authors with good writing skills more popularity and eventually they can write their own books. Unfortunately, the Dragon Pearl book isn't a series but that won't stop me from reading it.
Well, not necessarily all of Korean mythology but the fox spirits which I think are really cool. Back when I used to play this mythology game called, "Smite" I would always pick the characters that had something to with asian mythology and one of them was a Chinese fox spirit called, "Da Ji" that had nine tails. Papa, if you are reading this I would hope that for my birthday you could get me this book from Barnes and Nobles since your work is right next to it. You usually get me books anyway, so this would be an amazing addition to my mythology collection. My first book about asian gods, let me give you a little summary about it from Rick Riordan himself.
"Min is just your regular teenaged fox spirit, living with her family on the dusty backwater world of Jinju. Oh, sure, like all fox spirits, she can change shape into whatever she wants: human, fox, even a dining table. And, yes, she has the power to Charm -- to manipulate human emotions and make people see things that aren’t there. But that’s not very exciting when you’re stuck on the family farm, sleeping every night in a crowded common room with your snoring cousins, spending every day fixing condensers in the hydroponics dome. Min yearns to join the Space Forces like her older brother Jun did – to see the galaxy and have marvelous adventures!
That’s not easy for fox spirits, though. When humans colonized the galaxy, they brought all the supernatural races with them: dragons, tigers, goblins, you name it. But fox spirits? They have a bad reputation as unreliable tricksters. Nobody wants them around. Even now, when humans have spread across the Thousand Worlds, there doesn’t seem to be any place for foxes. Min has to hide her true nature. There’s little chance she’ll be as lucky as her brother and escape her dull existence." The only weird thing about most mythology books is that although you might think most of these books take place in ancient times they really are in the present or future and that may not make sense to you.
I just found out that all of these books that say Rick Riordan aren't actually written by him, maybe some of them are but a couple of them are from other authors that he had decided publish because he liked them. Of course, this doesn't make him a liar, because he does put the author's name at the bottom. I just always assumed that when it said, "Rick Riordan Presents" it meant he wrote it. He uses his fame to bring small time authors with good writing skills more popularity and eventually they can write their own books. Unfortunately, the Dragon Pearl book isn't a series but that won't stop me from reading it.
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