Sooo.... Research post!!

I'm sick. Been sick for a while, actually. It's turning out that I have more issues with my health than I know what to do with. Probably more issues than Mad magazine. I dislike so many issues. So you know what I do?

I collect books.

Since I'm writing about Greek mythology in my book, I figured I'd have lots of reference books. I also have other reference books for other things. My book has more than Greek mythology, but a lot of poetry and children's rhymes and games as well as other stuff (fairy tales). For that, because I have a shoddy memory, I have books and websites. Remember I mentioned Paperback Swap? Yeah, awesome website. It is such an enabling web site.

Anyway, I figured in my infinite sickness that I would post a couple of the titles I'm working with.

Mythology~

Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fables by Thomas Bulfinch
The Universe, The Gods, and Men: Ancincet Greek Myths by Jean-Pierre Vernant
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin
Art and Myth in Ancincet Greece by T.H. Carpenter
Anthology of Classic Mythology by Trzaskoma, Smith, Brunet
Metamorphis by Ovid
The Greek Gods by Bernard Evslin
Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology by Edward Tripp
Egyptian Myths by George Hart
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm

Fairy Tales~

Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow
Black Thorn, White Rose by Ellen Datlow
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Andersen's Fairy Tales
The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People by Thomas Keightley
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft by Susan Greenwood

Children's Rhymes~

Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts by Josepha Sherman and T.K.F. Weisskopf
Limericks by Linda Marsh
American Children's Folklore by Simon Bronner
One Potato, Two Potato by Mary and Herbert Knapp
The Original Mother Goose
Nursery Rhymes - lyrics, origins, and history (website)
Jump Rope Rhymes (website)
Chants and Taunts, Clapping Games (website)

I'm just noticing...I have a lot of research material. Thing is, that's just the "specialized" material. I have more. I actually have entire bookcases dedicated to research material. And enough books in boxes in my parents's basement to probably start a miniature library.

Oh, also! A subscription to WiRED magazine that is pretty much invaluable. I need to go through my stack and start ripping out all the articles I find fascinating. Technology and science are fascinating, even if I can't be a scientist making all these awesome things happen. Then again, with my twisted brain, it's a damned good thing I'm not a scientist. I'd turn evil.