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Jul 16, 2008 10:14AM

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The best sources for Norse Mythology are the Poetic Edda (there is a translation by Carolyne Larrington that is pretty good) and Prose Edda, or just Edda (the translation by Anthony Faulkes is the best)-- read the introductions to get a handle on the documents, then the rest of the books are translations of the Eddas, our best sources for Norse Mythology. John Lindow's Handbook of Norse Mythology is also good.
If you liked Too Human, you might be interested in reading Stephen Donaldson's Gap Series, an excellent adaption of the saga of the Volsungs into a space opera.