Created by Fred Johansen
An Iron Maiden reading challenge (not to be confused with physical activities like an Iron Man challenge -- the latter is only for jocks and Black Sabbath fans).
Read some possible literary inspirations for Iron Maiden songs, taken from the Wikipedia pages for the various albums. Plus 1+ reference works.
(I've skipped the movie influences, because there's a lot of those, too.)
An Iron Maiden reading challenge (not to be confused with physical activities like an Iron Man challenge -- the latter is only for jocks and Black Sabbath fans).
Read some possible literary inspirations for Iron Maiden songs, taken from the Wikipedia pages for the various albums. Plus 1+ reference works.
(I've skipped the movie influences, because there's a lot of those, too.)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Roget Purloined Letter
I have read this short story.
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
I have read this, of course.
I read this in my teens.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the …
I read this poem in high school.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert …
I have read this novel.
