Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough is the author of
Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Saga. One of her ten top books about the Vikings, as shared at the
Guardian:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Continuing the theme of Norse myths reimagined for the modern era, American Gods is a classic in the genre. Immigrants to America have brought their gods and guardian spirits with them, but as beliefs fade, so does the power of the old gods. New deities have risen to take their place, and the scene is set for a modern-day Ragnarok – the final battle in Norse mythology, where the gods must fall.
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the other entries on the list.
American Gods is among Jeff Somers's
ten sci-fi & fantasy books that take on norse mythology and
ten top SFF stories lousy with giant spiders,
Josh Ritter's six favorite books that invoke the supernatural, and
John T. Ottinger's top 12 science fiction and fantasy novels and stories that are uniquely American.
--Marshal Zeringue
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