http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html#comment-1615684 Halloween_Jack Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202830#comment-1615684 Sorry, but nothing beats "<a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/humor/beowulf.phtml" rel="nofollow">Beowulf Meets Godsylla</a>". Sorry, but nothing beats “Beowulf Meets Godsylla“.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html#comment-1615452 awjt Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202830#comment-1615452 If we can get Gandalf and Gargamel in there, we'll have a quadfecta of witchery. If we can get Gandalf and Gargamel in there, we’ll have a quadfecta of witchery.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html#comment-1615450 oschene Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202830#comment-1615450 And in that same vein, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Old English: http://origami.oschene.com/hrodulf-readnosa-hrandeor/ (and there's a Grinch song below that.) And in that same vein, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Old English:
http://origami.oschene.com/hrodulf-readnosa-hrandeor/
(and there’s a Grinch song below that.)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html#comment-1615394 callimachus1386 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202830#comment-1615394 If you're interested in Thomas Meyer's (fabulous) non-archaic Beowulf translation, please consider going directly to the website of the bold, brave, and innovative independent press that is publishing it (with FREE downloads): Punctum books. It's a more accurate link than the Amazon page (plus, you know, free downloads). If Boingboing could add in this link, I'm sure many folks would be very grateful:  http://punctumbooks.com/titles/thomas-meyer-beowulf/ If you’re interested in Thomas Meyer’s (fabulous) non-archaic Beowulf translation, please consider going directly to the website of the bold, brave, and innovative independent press that is publishing it (with FREE downloads): Punctum books. It’s a more accurate link than the Amazon page (plus, you know, free downloads). If Boingboing could add in this link, I’m sure many folks would be very grateful: 
http://punctumbooks.com/titles/thomas-meyer-beowulf/

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/grendel-as-grinch.html#comment-1615378 Joseph Francis Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202830#comment-1615378 That reminds me of John Gardner's 1971 novel, 'Grendel' That reminds me of John Gardner’s 1971 novel, ‘Grendel’

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