Category Archives: Monsters

I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Nathan

I went to the movies twice in the past two days, both times to see movies that have been out for a while. So here are my thoughts, with SPOILERS for both: Solo: A Star Wars Story – Beth didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Monsters, Mythology, Star Wars, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ari aster, chewbacca, demons, dictionairre infernal, dryden vos, han solo, hereditary, l3-37, lando calrissian, lesser key of solomon, luke skywalker, millennium falcon, paimon, qi'ra, rio durant, robots, solo a star wars story, the last jedi, tobias beckett, val beckett, wookiees | 2 Comments

Little Booties Matter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Nathan

The Burning Maze, by Rick Riordan – The latest in the Trials of Apollo series, which revisits characters from the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books, continues the plotline of the three resurrected Roman Emperors trying to take power. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Roman, Roman Empire, Trials of Apollo | Tagged apollo, caligula, coach gleeson hedge, grover underwood, helios, incitatus, jason grace, lucius aurelius commodus, medea, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pandai, piper mclean, satyrs, the burning maze | Leave a comment

Food and Cheer Over Hoarded Gold

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Nathan

I saw two old animated specials last night that were quite different, although I guess you could say that Garfield and Bilbo Baggins both have a similar desire for food and comfort. Garfield: His 9 Lives – This 1988 special, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Monsters, Music, Poetry, Television | Tagged bilbo baggins, cats, cave cat, court musician, diana's piano, dogs, dragons, dwarves, elves, gandalf, garfield, garfield his 9 lives, gollum, hans conried, in the garden, john huston, jon arbuckle, king cat, lab animal, odie, orson bean, otto preminger, paul frees, rankin-bass, smaug, space cat, stunt cat, the hobbit, thorin oakenshield | 6 Comments

Worm Your Way

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Nathan

Looking into mythology and fiction involving giant worms is a little tricky because it seems like a lot of early societies thought worms and snakes were variations on the same thing. I guess they didn’t want to investigate all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Etymology, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Science, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, al gore, alien, annelids, arrakis, asclepius, beetlejuice, beowulf, carl linnaeus, dragons, dune, earthworms, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy X, frank herbert, glurmo, gobi desert, gogo, graboids, indus river, indus worm, john schoenherr, lambton worm, link, moldorms, mongolian death worm, moon worms, neitherworld, olgoi-khorkhoi, orcs, philip j. fry, professor hubert farnsworth, sandworms, saturn, skolex, slurm, slurm queen, sockburn worm, the battle of the five armies, the hobbit, tim burton, tremors, turanga leela, were-worms, worms, wormulon, wyrms, xenomorphs, zone eater | 2 Comments

Spice and Sprites

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Nathan

Dune, by Frank Herbert – This was a book I’d heard referenced a lot, but really didn’t know what to expect aside from a planet with sandworms. I’d never seen any of the movies or anything. I didn’t love it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Futurama, Magic, Monsters, Politics, Religion, Television | Tagged arrakis, beetlejuice, changelings, dune, earthworm jim, fairies, frank herbert, incryptid, litany against fear, october daye, peter puppy, rosemary and rue, sandworms, seanan mcguire, verity price | 1 Comment

Rakkhosh and Ruin

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Nathan

One type of being that’s quite significant in Sayantani DasGupta’s The Serpent’s Secret is the Rakkhosh, a sort of human-eating monster that usually speaks in rhyme. The book also associates them with black holes, presumably an invention of DasGupta’s, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Games, Hinduism, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Video Games | Tagged asuras, bhima, brahma, demons, devas, dungeons and dragons, ghosts, ghouls, giants, jack and the beanstalk, kamsa, khokkosh, krishna, ogres, putana, rakkhosh, rakshasa, rakshasi, sayantani dasgupta, the serpent's secret, vampires, vishnu | Leave a comment

Another Mouse Self

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Nathan

Midnight Blue-Light Special, by Seanan McGuire – The second book in the InCryptid series has the Covenant of St. George planning a cryptid purge in New York City, and Verity Price and her family and friends doing what they can … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, madeleine l'engle, Monsters, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged albert einstein, aliens, andrea castellan, bill walsh, cryptozoology, demons, floyd gottfredson, goofy, hoosat from another planet, incryptid, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, mickey mouse, mickey vs. mickey, mickey's dangerous double, midnight blue-light special, ohm-eye, robots, sayantani dasgupta, seanan mcguire, the serpent's secret, time travel, tuntuni, uncle wombat, uncle wombat's tock-tock time machine, verity price | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Monsters

I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This

Little Booties Matter

Food and Cheer Over Hoarded Gold

Worm Your Way

Spice and Sprites

Rakkhosh and Ruin

Another Mouse Self

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Blogroll

Celebrity Blogs

Comics

More Stuff from Me

Meta

Twitterpated

Flickr Photos