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The Gods Abide
The Gods Abide | Thomas Burnett Swann
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The Gods Abide | Thomas Burnett Swann
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(1976) In Constantine's Rome, Christianity is ascendant and the old gods in retreat. A few creatures of pagan myth, like Nod the corn sprite and Dylan the roane, remain in a world increasingly hostile to their existence. It's about found family and seeking safety from weaponized religion: it could have been written yesterday except that its sexual ethic is, um, very nineteen-seventies. Sweet and squirmy and strange, it's very Swann and I dug it

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