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I accidentally bought âThe Mammoth Huntersâ a while ago for a good price considering it was a hella old copy, but Iâm wanting to read the first book so is âThe Clan of the Cave Bearâ any good???
Iâm currently reading The Plains Passages actually. Lol.
I have mix feelings about the series. Clan of the cave bear is good but some of the science is outdated, since it was published in 1980. But for the time Auel did her research and as the books go on she puts more and more research and she shows her work.
Itâs the rest of the series is where I get mixed. I enjoy the world Auel creates. The more the books go on (granted I have two books to go after Plain of Passage) it becomes more about the world and Ayla and Jondalar are the people she decided to use to explore it. There are info dumps about prehistoric creatures and prehistoric humans.
I like Ayla but yeah I get the Mary Sue argument. But sheâs such a kind heart I forgive it.
Jondalar is ummm Mister Rochester ish. He gets questionable. He is less forgivable.
Mammoth Hunters is so far the worse, itâs not bad but very average. It just went on and on with an additional of a love triangle I did not care about. Especially since you knew who she was going to pick. The whole plot Iâm yelling just talk to each other!
Auel isnât the best with plot.
Also the sequels the obsession with sex which to me is very annoying to me.
And thereâs a terrifying rape scene in the first one.
Aaaahh Iâve heard of that scene in the first one. Thatâs what I donât look forward to (I didnât look forward to it when I read âDaughter of the Forestâ by Juliet Marillier), but the idea of a book set in prehistoric times is really interesting, so I want to give it a try. Suffering through some writerâs block so hopefully that will help. If I do end up buying Clan, Iâll keep you updated (and Iâm definitely going to live blog while reading đ)
If youâre looking for books set in prehistory may I suggest the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver. Itâs an awesome historical fantasy series set 6000 years ago and sheâs done a huge amount of research but there are no infodumps like you get in Auelâs books, itâs all worked into the story really nicely and thereâs awesome characters. Also if you like wolves, one of the main characters is literally a wolf called Wolf, and heâs adorable.
Sheâs also done a series called Gods and Warriors which is equally awesome but set in the Bronze Age around Greece and Egypt, that one has a lion character⌠and a falcon and a dolphin. Paver likes her animals.
Oh!! Iâve heard of the Gods and Warriors series! But I never got a chance to read it. Iâm definitely going to check Paver out, I didnât know she had done a prehistory series as well, thank you!!
That series sounds good.
The only problem with Michelle Paver ia that only one bookshop (that I know of here in my city) has only the first book of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Aw thatâs a shame. Any chance you could order it online? Iâm pretty sure there all on Kindle. Oh and if you have Audible thereâs an audiobook version read by Sir Ian Mckellen!
WAIT
I found a book store that has them! Granted in Spanish but it has them nonetheless!! A bit on the expensive side, but Iâll save up for the first one and build up from there đ
Awesome! Let me know what you think when youâre done :D
I accidentally bought âThe Mammoth Huntersâ a while ago for a good price considering it was a hella old copy, but Iâm wanting to read the first book so is âThe Clan of the Cave Bearâ any good???
Iâm currently reading The Plains Passages actually. Lol.
I have mix feelings about the series. Clan of the cave bear is good but some of the science is outdated, since it was published in 1980. But for the time Auel did her research and as the books go on she puts more and more research and she shows her work.
Itâs the rest of the series is where I get mixed. I enjoy the world Auel creates. The more the books go on (granted I have two books to go after Plain of Passage) it becomes more about the world and Ayla and Jondalar are the people she decided to use to explore it. There are info dumps about prehistoric creatures and prehistoric humans.
I like Ayla but yeah I get the Mary Sue argument. But sheâs such a kind heart I forgive it.
Jondalar is ummm Mister Rochester ish. He gets questionable. He is less forgivable.
Mammoth Hunters is so far the worse, itâs not bad but very average. It just went on and on with an additional of a love triangle I did not care about. Especially since you knew who she was going to pick. The whole plot Iâm yelling just talk to each other!
Auel isnât the best with plot.
Also the sequels the obsession with sex which to me is very annoying to me.
And thereâs a terrifying rape scene in the first one.
Aaaahh Iâve heard of that scene in the first one. Thatâs what I donât look forward to (I didnât look forward to it when I read âDaughter of the Forestâ by Juliet Marillier), but the idea of a book set in prehistoric times is really interesting, so I want to give it a try. Suffering through some writerâs block so hopefully that will help. If I do end up buying Clan, Iâll keep you updated (and Iâm definitely going to live blog while reading đ)
If youâre looking for books set in prehistory may I suggest the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver. Itâs an awesome historical fantasy series set 6000 years ago and sheâs done a huge amount of research but there are no infodumps like you get in Auelâs books, itâs all worked into the story really nicely and thereâs awesome characters. Also if you like wolves, one of the main characters is literally a wolf called Wolf, and heâs adorable.
Sheâs also done a series called Gods and Warriors which is equally awesome but set in the Bronze Age around Greece and Egypt, that one has a lion character⌠and a falcon and a dolphin. Paver likes her animals.
Oh!! Iâve heard of the Gods and Warriors series! But I never got a chance to read it. Iâm definitely going to check Paver out, I didnât know she had done a prehistory series as well, thank you!!
That series sounds good.
The only problem with Michelle Paver ia that only one bookshop (that I know of here in my city) has only the first book of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Aw thatâs a shame. Any chance you could order it online? Iâm pretty sure there all on Kindle. Oh and if you have Audible thereâs an audiobook version read by Sir Ian Mckellen!
I accidentally bought âThe Mammoth Huntersâ a while ago for a good price considering it was a hella old copy, but Iâm wanting to read the first book so is âThe Clan of the Cave Bearâ any good???
Iâm currently reading The Plains Passages actually. Lol.
I have mix feelings about the series. Clan of the cave bear is good but some of the science is outdated, since it was published in 1980. But for the time Auel did her research and as the books go on she puts more and more research and she shows her work.
Itâs the rest of the series is where I get mixed. I enjoy the world Auel creates. The more the books go on (granted I have two books to go after Plain of Passage) it becomes more about the world and Ayla and Jondalar are the people she decided to use to explore it. There are info dumps about prehistoric creatures and prehistoric humans.
I like Ayla but yeah I get the Mary Sue argument. But sheâs such a kind heart I forgive it.
Jondalar is ummm Mister Rochester ish. He gets questionable. He is less forgivable.
Mammoth Hunters is so far the worse, itâs not bad but very average. It just went on and on with an additional of a love triangle I did not care about. Especially since you knew who she was going to pick. The whole plot Iâm yelling just talk to each other!
Auel isnât the best with plot.
Also the sequels the obsession with sex which to me is very annoying to me.
And thereâs a terrifying rape scene in the first one.
Aaaahh Iâve heard of that scene in the first one. Thatâs what I donât look forward to (I didnât look forward to it when I read âDaughter of the Forestâ by Juliet Marillier), but the idea of a book set in prehistoric times is really interesting, so I want to give it a try. Suffering through some writerâs block so hopefully that will help. If I do end up buying Clan, Iâll keep you updated (and Iâm definitely going to live blog while reading đ)
If youâre looking for books set in prehistory may I suggest the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver. Itâs an awesome historical fantasy series set 6000 years ago and sheâs done a huge amount of research but there are no infodumps like you get in Auelâs books, itâs all worked into the story really nicely and thereâs awesome characters. Also if you like wolves, one of the main characters is literally a wolf called Wolf, and heâs adorable.
Sheâs also done a series called Gods and Warriors which is equally awesome but set in the Bronze Age around Greece and Egypt, that one has a lion character... and a falcon and a dolphin. Paver likes her animals.
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My sister works in a hotel in Dublin thatâs popular with the foreigners and she had a Texan give out to her because the colchie that she is saying tis and twas and twill be and grand shure and he said that nobody says tis anymore, itâs 1800s well Iâm sorry Mr Texan Man but the only Yall that we know is a Cork town by the sea and itâs spelt properly and we donât say silly things like y'allâdâve so you can go shove it up yer arse
This is culchie culture tbh
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Needless to say, I am HORRIFIED.
âAll that you need to know about boars can be summed up in the fact that if you wish to hunt them, you must have a specially made boar spear. This spear has a crosspiece on it to prevent the boar from charging the length of the spear, driving it all the way through his own body, to savage the human holding the other end.â
-Boar and Apples, T. Kingfisher
fuck OFF
Note that pigs are also HUGE. So, yes, they ARE slightly larger pigs.
So I grew up in the city and have never seen a pig in real life and I just googled it and WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS
I thought they were like labrador sized, like, fat labradors, not mini-cows.
every time I see this post there are more people discovering how fuck off huge pigs actually are and I love it I thought this was a thing everyone knew but clearly not and Iâm laughingÂ
This is me with our Tamworth boar, a heritage breed closer to their wild cousins than the Yorkshire above. I am a fully grown, average sized human. He was a gentle sweetie who, sadly, is no longer with us. His name was Mr. Big.Â
FUCK OFF
Forever laffinâ at people who donât understand how enormous, terrifying, and tenacious wild boar are.Â
Theyâre like if bears had knives protruding from their closed mouths and Didnât Know When To Quit. Their survival instincts when theyâre wounded arenât ârun away and minimize injuryâ itâs âtake the thing that hurt you down with youâ They also make sounds like someone crossed a pig with an alligator.
Their head and neck alone can be like the size of an entire human torso.
Also forever laffinâ at people who think pigs are tiny, âcause we designed those things can get in the neighbourhood of a thousand pounds in ideal circumstances.Â
Itâs like when people assume Tuna must be small because theyâve only ever experienced them in hockey puck form.
Like seriously why the fuck y'all think everyone FREAKED THE HELL OUT when Dorothy fell into the pig pen in Wizard of Oz? Itâs because pigs are HUGE and weigh a shitton and would crush her in an instant.
also dont they eat like, basically anything?
YUP. Pigs will eat people, if given the chance. They dgaf.
Thatâs why boar hunters use a team of very tenacious dogs to hold the boar so they can be speared without fucking you up. The dogs wear body armour.Â
Iâve heard stories of people shooting boars, and if it didnât kill them, it just pissed them off.Â
how the hell did we ever domesticate these things?
âŚâhow the hell did we ever domesticate these things?â
Very carefully, I would imagine.
WIld boar babies are rather cute, like living humbugsâŚ
âŚbut the adults and their ferocity have been associated with warriors for thousands of years, from Mycenaean Greece (a helmet made from sections of boar tusk)âŚ
âŚthrough Celtic Europe (reconstructed carnyx war-horns and standards)âŚ
âŚAncient Rome (the crest of Legion 20 âValeria Victrixâ). A couple more legions also used a boar as their crest - I wonder did they squabble over which was the ârightâ one the way a couple of Swiss cantons had a little war over whose bear was bestâŚ?
âŚthen Anglo-Saxon and pre-Viking helmet crestsâŚ
âŚright up to the late Middle Ages (here the white boar badge of Richard Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III of England)âŚ
âŚand the blue boar badge of the Earl of Oxford, more usually represented by the De Vere arms, quarterly gules and or, in the first a molet argent.
After Richard was defeated at Bosworth in 1485, there was a run on blue paint as inn-signs were changed to reflect new loyalties since Oxford was on the winning sideâŚ
And pigs will definitely eat people.
It gets mentioned in the movie âSnatchâ, the book/movie âHannibalâ and the webcomic âLackadaisy Catsâ, among numerous other fictional sources, and IRL itâs suspected to be the reason why numerous missing persons have stayed missing.
More here (another comment to this same OP) and here (slightly different).
Hereâs some boar-hunting armour for dogs, ancientâŚ
âŚand modernâŚ
âŚand the modern one looks very like a simple style of ancientâŚ
So when Odysseusâs old nurse recognizes him by the scar he got from the boar-tusk slash that almost killed him⌠now you get the resonance.
This postâŚit just really went places on me.
I hope you read this entire post, and that it made your entire day so much better, even if just for a few moments, like it did mine.
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