The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (Canongate Myths) (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 274 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841957054
ISBN-13: 978-1841957050
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.8 x 3.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 440 g

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,394,120 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars ALL STAR CAST OF NARRATORS FOR THIS SPIN ON AN ANCIENT MYTH, Jul 10 2006

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (Audio CD)

Audiobook aficionados will think they've stumbled upon nirvana when listening to this update on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur as read by eight of the best and brightest narrators to be found. Not only are they all first rate voice performers with wide ranges of experience but they're also award winners - far too many to mention here.

Russian novelist Victor Pelevin who was named among the Best European Writers under 35 is anything but conventional. Here, he takes an ancient myth and puts a today spin on it by creating eight characters, all assigned pseudonyms, who sign on to a chat room to discuss philosophy. We may remember that the Minotaur lived in a labyrinth and these characters find themselves in a virtual one.

The story opens with Ariadne writing, "I shall construct a labyrinth in which I can lose myself together with anyone who tries to find me - who said this and about what?" This thread is responded to by the other characters who are all in separate spaces, places of which they are not sure - where are they?

This is a sci-fi story which some may find puzzling and others enthralling as two of the characters struggle to find each other and others labor to explore their shared predicament.

- Gail Cooke

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