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Originally Posted by Old Geezer
If you expected ANYTHING else, despite the back cover or ad copy, you are being unnecessarily naif. And the notion of reading such a book to learn about history, or mythology, or anything else, is just silly.
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To be fair, at the time it came out, the only thing that my wee little mind had been exposed to had been D'Aulliaire's illustrated books on the Greek and Norse mythos. D&DG did expose me to a wide variety of myths and cultures that I might not otherwise have seen, and gave me a broader perspective of the world around me. It was also my first exposure to Cthulhu, Newhon, and Melnibone, and thus to a lot of more "adult" fantasy. There is a *lot* of stuff in there, and the breadth of it is rarely touched by more modern tomes that focus on some of the more mundane aspects of faith and worship.
So I think Lev is pretty close to the mark on this one, though I still think there is a disconnect between his scores and his text. I'd probably put this at a 2/4 historically, and maybe drop it a little bit by current standards.
--sugarman--