History YMMV / Atlan

* MST3KMantra: Abandon hope, all ye who enter this series expecting a storyline based on accurate prehistory.

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent and dragon of the first two novels are the archetypal reptiles from various myths: the serpent in the Garden of Eden story, the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'', [[Myth/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]], the Pelasgian serpent, etc. These titles may also refer to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* FreudWasRight: The Pocket edition of ''The Serpent'' sports a buffet of phallic symbols on the [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0671820494/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books cover]], thus accurately underscoring the novel's sadomasochistic elements.

* {{Squick}}: Be prepared for rape and bestiality if you decide to read these novels.

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent and dragon of the first two novels are the archetypal reptiles from various myths: the serpent in the Garden of Eden story, the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'', [[UsefulNotes/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]], the Pelasgian serpent, etc. These titles may also refer to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* UnfortunateImplications: In ''The Dragon'', a stranger sexually abuses Cija during her journey, but Cija refuses to call it rape because she claims to enjoy the experience.

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent of the first novel is the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'' (or possibly [[UsefulNotes/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]]; it isn't clear), though this title may also be a reference to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* MST3KMantra: Abandon hope, all ye who enter this series hoping for a storyline based on accurate prehistory.

* UnfortunateImplications: In ''The Dragon'', a stranger sexually abuses Cija during her journey, but Cija refuses to call it rape because she claims to enjoy the experience.

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent of the first novel is the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'' (or possibly [[AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]]; it isn't clear), though this title may also be a reference to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent of the first novel is the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'' (or possibly [[AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]], though this title may also be a reference to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent of the first novel is the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu'', though this title may also be a reference to the reptilian Zerd.[[/note]]

* GeniusBonus: One member of the Fantasywithbite LiveJournal community described the world-building in this series as "catastrophic," but this defect is the result of Gaskell's reliance on the reader's knowledge of unorthodox prehistory. The sources in the first two books' bibliography can point the confused reader in the right direction. [[note]]To give one example, the titular serpent referred to in the first novel is the Supreme Seven-headed Serpent from ''The Lost Continent of Mu''.[[/note]]

* FreudWasRight: The Pocket edition of ''The Serpent'' sports a buffet of phallic symbols on the [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0671820494/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books cover]].

* {{Squick}}: Be prepared for rape and bestiality if you decide to read these novels.