@BaronDestructo@dpmont0407 These are as much SF as Sword of Rhiannon. The line between Fantasy and Science-Fiction in her work is a bit fuzzy sometimes.
“the moon is made of green cheese” - i heard this as a kid and saw jokes in cartoons about it. confusing: the moon is not green. after reading an 1800s book i realized this refers to “green cheese” - green like “greenhorn”: new. unripe cheese, which actually looks like the moon:
The Gods of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. If Carter dies a symbolic death in the first novel and is reborn in the Valhalla of Barsoom, then this second novel plunges him straight into Hell upon his return. It's no coincidence he's admonished to abandon all hope.
Magic & Bullets, Book 2 of Academy of Outcasts by Larry Correia. This series about a group of scrappy underdogs fighting for respect from a snotty establishment almost feels a bit . . . autobiographical?