Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Cannibalism was once central to rites and myths. It's fallen a long way since. "The modern cannibal is little more than a mental deviant, and the eater of human flesh is for us just a bit player in a theater of perversity"
"Within the past decade it has won its place in the standard anthologies of world literature and become a staple in college courses in literature and religion." How has the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh won such widespread acclaim?
Jason Rohrer set out to design a video game that would turn into a religion. Apparently, he succeeded. There's only one copy of Chain World. The person who has it is God. And, just maybe, the USB stick it's on has healing powers
Fear of undead climbing out of coffins didn't emerge out of thin air. So what were people actually seeing that they misinterpreted and wove into a vampire mythology?
