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First, a brief commercial message. <\/strong>Due to a momentary technical lag in our diabolical plan to raise the prices on my two self-published e-books, Troll Valley<\/a><\/i> remains for sale for the old $2.99 price at the time of this posting. I have no idea how long this will last, so if you want it at the old, low-self-esteem price, get it now.<\/p>\n Author Michael Z. Williamson<\/a><\/strong> sent me this link to a remarkable piece of writing<\/a> by Jackson Crawford, who teaches Norse and Norwegian languages at UCLA. It’s a retelling of the Star Wars story as an Icelandic saga, and to my ear it seems letter-perfect. Also better than the movies. But L\u00fakr took Art\u00fa\u2019s bloody cape and there found the message written by Princess Leia. He began to read it. \u201cI am no runemaster,\u201d he said, \u201cBut these words say, \u2018Help me, V\u00edga-\u00d3b\u00edvan Kv\u00e6ggansson; you alone would dare to avenge me.\u2019 I don\u2019t know how to read any more words, because they are written poorly and hastily. What is this?\u201d<\/p>\n Art\u00fa pretended not to speak Norse, and asked in Irish, \u201cWhat is what?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is what?\u201d responded Thr\u00edp\u00ed\u00f3, \u201cThat was a question. What was written on that message which Princess Leia gave you?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s nothing,\u201d said Art\u00fa, \u201cAn old message. I think that Princess Leia is long dead.\u201d Thr\u00edp\u00ed\u00f3 translated his words into Norse.<\/p>\n \u201cWho is Princess Leia?\u201d asked L\u00fakr, \u201cWhat family is she from?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First, a brief commercial message. Due to a momentary technical lag in our diabolical plan to raise the prices on my two self-published e-books, Troll Valley remains for sale for the old $2.99 price at the time of this posting. I have no idea how long this will last, so if you want it at … Continue reading Star Wars as an Icelandic saga, and other matters<\/span>
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