I've been sleeping with Catullus for about a week.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:47, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I'm reading a book which has greek gods and goddesses and things in
but it's still sci fi
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:48, Reply)

Ooh aye?
Not read a novel in ages. It's genuinely making me sad.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:48, Reply)

Ilium, Dan Simmons
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:49, Reply)

I think I've heard of him.
Retelling of the fall of Troy, by any chance?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:50, Reply)

yes
it could be complete bollocks, but I know little enough about it that I'm enjoying the book
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:52, Reply)

Is Hector the best character in the book?
If so, it's doing it right.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:56, Reply)

wut?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:56, Reply)

Totally.
Best. Character. In the Iliad.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:59, Reply)

I don't even know what to say
Achilles for sure
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 0:01, Reply)

Nooooooo
he's such a douche, and a whiny one to boot.

I can't believe we're doing this
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 0:05, Reply)

I'm shaking my head in disbelief
Hector. He's rubbish. And he killed Patroclus but not even by himself.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 0:08, Reply)

But he loves his wife and son and his country and everyone agrees he's Generally A Nice Guy.
Shag marry kill Hector Odysseus and Achilles?

Marry Hector, shag Odysseus (with a condom, the filthy slag), and kill the whiny bitch.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 0:10, Reply)

It would be a tough call
since I don't want to marry Odysseus (for obvious reasons) and I don't want to marry Achilles (for obvious reasons) but Hector has to be to kill.

So Hector- Kill. Achilles- Shag. Odysseus (assuming no marriage to Penelope- I ain't no bigamist, bitch) -Marry
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 0:15, Reply)

Hector's not been in it all that much
it's an odd kind of take on it, in that the gods are all post humans and there are also reconstituted dudes who were scholars in their previous lives who are working out if stuff is happening like what it did in the original book
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:58, Reply)