Gilgamesh
by Herbert Mason · first published 1971
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A new version of the Babylonian legend of King Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu.
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…the translation by W.H.D. Rouse, which you can find at http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0451527372/ and http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0451527364/ Heading even further back in time, I love this rendition of Gilgamesh: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0618275649/ Even in 2000 BCE they thought the world was ancient. Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder has one of the best treatments of post-singularity life (and what makes…
on “What books would you recommend reading? Why?” ↗I've been working my way through Hemingway's first novel, The Sun Also Rises. It's good. Also recently bought the Herbert Mason translation of Gilgamesh, because I remember enjoying it when I was younger. It's cool to think that Gilgamesh gave us the Flood Myth, as well as the River Styx for the Greeks and later the Romans. The Sumerians innovated in…
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