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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > American Gods spoiler thread for book readers who can't shut it
 
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Chernabog
Apr 16, 2007



 After reading this thread I have realized that I barely remember anything from the book. I don't even remember who half of the characters are but I guess it should make it a more interesting viewing.

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Chernabog
Apr 16, 2007



 I'm already enjoying the show more than the book. If it keeps it up I'm sure that will be the case for me.

Edit: and speaking about Loki, at the time I read the book I had basically no knowledge of Norse mythology so it was sort of a moot point, but even if I did in my language "Loki" is pronounced as "Lucky" so I probably wouldn't have noticed.

Chernabog fucked around with this message at 20:58 on May 9, 2017

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Chernabog
Apr 16, 2007



 I just hope the show gets finished however many season it shall take.

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Chernabog
Apr 16, 2007

Steve Yun posted:


Something that occurred to me, and maybe this is old hat for you book readers, but is "gods" a metaphor for "culture?" Everyone who comes to American brings their culture from their home country, but in coming to America, the old culture is never the same, it takes on a bastardized new form, distinct from the original culture in their homelands; Irish culture in America is different from how it is in Ireland, for example. But all of these old cultures and now being forgotten and left behind by new cultures that are sprouting up natively in America, cultures that are less humanizing: internet culture, media culture, military-industrial-complex culture.

Yeah, some "gods" (especially the new ones) are neither actual gods nor worshipped in the strict sense. In fact that's one of the main ideas of the book, that people will always "worship" anything and move on unapologetically, leaving old customs and traditions behind.

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