slakje@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat do you nerd out over?message-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day ago“Aztec” by Gary Jennings. https://bookshop.org/p/books/aztec-gary-jennings/784861bf1a137811?ean=9780765317506&next=t It’s a novel about coming of the Spanish. I had to read it when I came across an article the author wrote. He wanted a word for ‘orange.’ He wanted to book to sound authentic, and the Americas didn’t have oranges. He ended up using jacinth
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agoThanks, that one I had it on my wishlist.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoEnjoy. He did a few follow ups, but the first is the best.
“Aztec” by Gary Jennings.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/aztec-gary-jennings/784861bf1a137811?ean=9780765317506&next=t
It’s a novel about coming of the Spanish.
I had to read it when I came across an article the author wrote. He wanted a word for ‘orange.’ He wanted to book to sound authentic, and the Americas didn’t have oranges. He ended up using jacinth
Thanks, that one I had it on my wishlist.
Enjoy. He did a few follow ups, but the first is the best.