Why is this so poular?

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Merteg

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I've seen three popular book series recently that portrayed the Greek Gods as real.

Why is this so popular all of a sudden?
 

Hazy

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It's a cool concept. I Blame/Praise David Jauffe for re-inventing it.
 

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NoMoreSanity said:
Because the Greek Gods are assholes that are cooler than other religions?

Also, what books?
1. The Iliad
The rest can never be as good...or I just don't know them.
 

Hazy

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NoMoreSanity said:
Because the Greek Gods are assholes that are cooler than other religions?

Also, what books?
These.

Its a long-running children's book series.
 

Merteg

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SaineRaine said:
I know of one: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan.
Also The Dark-Hunter series and some series one of my friends was reading. "Hunted" I think it was.
 

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SaineRaine said:
Merteg said:
SaineRaine said:
I know of one: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan.
Also The Dark-Hunter series and some series one of my friends was reading. "Hunted" I think it was.
Who is the author?
Of the Hunted book? I'm not sure, I'll ask her next time I see her.
 

RyQ_TMC

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I'm guessing that one reason for the popularity is that Greek mythology is the one people are most familiar with (we've pretty much abandoned Judeochristian altogether, Norse doesn't have a lot of fans outside the nerd herd, Celtic just became tacky at some point, we learn Roman by comparison to Greek, nobody really cares about Egyptian anymore and nobody knows much about Slavic)... So people understand the references.

Also, a runaway success that spawned copies?
 

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Originality isn't dead, it just doesn't sell as well as the same old tired and worn out crap.

People always say they want something new and original, but in the end most just want the familiar mindless junk that gets pumped out of each and every anywhere. If you look hard enough there is always a unique new take on things, sometimes you need to look really hard...