@stevegis_ssg @Nickiquote @eleanorrees

The reason I'd gone in there in the first place was because I had some time to kill

@Nickiquote @glaringanomaly

Yeah I haven't read that, but I would. And the Bernard Cornwell too, probably. Both are good writers

@Nickiquote

I find it mildly reassuring that with space for 20 titles, they only managed to find 18 so had to show two of them twice

@Nickiquote @eleanorrees

This reminds me of the twenty minutes I once wasted in Waterstones in the run-up to Xmas, moving books between the "gifts for him" and "gifts for her" displays

@si_irini @QasimRashid

Helen wasn't even human. She was born from an egg, laid by Leda (yeah, her husband was sort of greek-ish - there was no such thing as Greek at the time). Who knows where Leda came from and what skin colour she might have had?

Helen was fathered by Zeus - do you believe in Zeus? I don't, but if you do, why would his beautiful daughter not be black?

Because you're a racist

@si_irini @QasimRashid

You do know that Homer is myth, as in fiction? Or maybe you don't?

Yes, Homer (if he existed) wrote the founding myths of greekness. The Iliad and Odyssey are both very composed works of literature, meaning someone edited/wrote/redacted them, and one may as well call that person Homer.

But it's myth. It's not fact or history so what anyone looked like is totally up for grabs.

You are a racist.