ZEUS GRANTS STUPID WISHES

From drunken killing sprees to flying butts, what the original myths were really all about...

No more watered-down, politically-correct versions of myths. Face the facts: most myths are incredibly messed-up. This book casts a gimlet eye on the real world of mythology. And in his irreverent style, O’Brien recounts more than 100 classic myths from Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese, and other cultures. While each version is authentic in terms of facts (nothing is made up – even the one about flying butts) this creative take on the originals presents the stories in a whole new light, with pithy and awesomely ridiculous lessons the first creators might not have originally anticipated.
Based on the successful website bettermyths.com – which averages 35,000 hits per month – Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes contains classic illustrations which have been annotated with irreverent doodles for added humor. In the vein of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, O’Brien puts a modern spin on classics – but with an added edge.

Cory O’Brien is a dude who likes myths a whole lot. When he’s not writing them in books, he is usually yelling them at people in bars or posting them on his website, bettermyths.com. He is currently getting an MFA in Writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.