It's Friday, the snow is melting, and I don't care to examine the forecast too closely for more of the white stuff. So I'm feeling pretty good right now.
Besides the weather, I'm also having a grand old time dorking it up with Dante's Inferno, the video game. Let me be clear: this game is graphic, profane and has tons o' nudity. It also follows the storyline of the source material only tangentially. BUT! Having read Longfellow's translation of the 13th-century poet's masterpiece, it is exciting to see each level of hell as the game creators imagined them. They've recreated Rodin's Gates of Hell for the, well, gates of Hell, the circle of hoarders has a river of molten gold with shrieking souls drowning in it, and the lust storm is pretty terrifying.
Dante may be a sin-filled crusader, as opposed to a poet, but Virgil is still on hand to lead him through hell.
But let's move on to the giveaway portion of this post. Congratulations, John! You've won "Staying True," by Jenny Sanford.
Next up is Man Booker Prize-winner John Banville's "The Infinities." His latest novel centers around the complicated family of a dying mathematician and the attentions of the Olympic gods. The story is even narrated by Hermes!
So tell us what you're reading, and you could be our next winner!