The Daily Dot – How a single Tumblr post turned this unknown book into a bestseller
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythologyis the book form of O’Brien’s site Better Myths, where he retells mythology and other popular tall tales using casual netspeak, as though he were recounting the story to you over IM. Classic myths like Persephone’s journey to the underworld and Abraham sacrificing Isaac get the raucous, rowdy, and irreverent treatment.
