Scope and Contents This is a first edition of the revised novel that was published by Starcherone Books in 2007. This revision omits the lengthy Introduction and Appendix present in the latter and substituted a brief preface. Both versions of this book are held by the Sackner Archive.From Publishers Weekly: Mason's fantastic first novel, a deft reimagining of Homer's Odyssey, begins with the story as we know it before altering the perspective or fate of the characters in subsequent short story--like chapters. Legendary moments of myth are played differently throughout, as when Odysseus forgoes the Trojan horse, or when the Cyclops"”here a gentle farmer"”is blinded by Odysseus while he burgles the Cyclops's cave. Mason's other life"”as a computer scientist"”informs some chapters, such as The Long Way Back in which Daedalus's labyrinth ensnares Theseus in a much different way. Part of what makes this so enjoyable is the firm grasp Mason has on the source material; the footnotes double as humorous...

Scope and Contents Zachary Mason is a computer scientist specializing in artificial intelligence. He was a finalist for the 2008 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. The label for the latter is pasted on one of the copies of this book.This is a first edition and only edition of this novel. It was later revised in an edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux that omitted the lengthy Introduction and the Appendix present in the first version and substituted a brief preface. This first version depicts three abstract images that have deleted from the revised version. Both versions of this book are held by the Sackner Archive.From Publishers Weekly: Mason's fantastic first novel, a deft reimagining of Homer's Odyssey, begins with the story as we know it before altering the perspective or fate of the characters in subsequent short story--like chapters. Legendary moments of myth are played differently throughout, as when Odysseus forgoes the Trojan horse, or when the Cyclops"”here a...