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An Asian Minor
- The True Story of Ganymede
- Narrated by: Jason Frazier
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Long out-of-print, this novella is Ganymede's life story - unapologetic in its ribald details of Greek gods in disguise, trying to seduce the most beautiful youth in the Ancient world. When a prince of Troy is born with perfect proportions, not only does every man he meets desire him, but the Immortals want him as their lover. Ganymede loses his virginity to Hermes at 12, at 14 he captures the attention of Ares and Apollo...can Zeus be next? This risqué tale, narrated by acclaimed storyteller Jason Frazier, will appeal to all who have wondered how one boy stepped out of myth to become a gay icon.
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- Scotty
- 20-09-19
A fun retelling of Greek legend
a very interesting take on the story of Ganymede, focussing on his male immortal suiters, who came to bed him and woo him.
the story was fun, and very well-narrated. low angst and a HEA 😁
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- Shin Mon Thway
- 29-11-18
And just like our love, I became immortal
God, how I loved this tasty little morsel! 😍 I admit, the main reason I bought this book is because of Jason Frazier, the narrator. After I got my first taste of him from “Blame it on the Mistletoe”, I knew I gotta get more of his yummy, sexy narration. 😁 So I went audio hunting on Audible and bought several more of his titles. And this little treat caught my attention right away.
First of all, I studied English literature and classics are and will always be my first and great love. So it’s no wonder, I also have a special fondness for mythologies. I love myths, that vivid and powerful imagination of gods and their glory, the powerful heroes and their epic battle scenes, the beautiful world of nymphs, mermaids, goddesses and unicorns, all that kind of deliciousness. And we have of course, at least heard if not read about Ganymede, the most beautiful mortal who has ever walked on this earth. 😊 So beautiful and perfect that he was taken away to Mt. Olympus to become the cupbearer of Zeus, the king of all gods. 😉 However, this is a very different perspective on retelling of Ganymede because this is his POV. 😱 And let me tell you, our hero Ganymede is a one very cheeky and snarky Grecian brat. 😂 The way he conveyed the story, it was masterfully and beautifully crafted, of course with the healthy amount of quick wits and a bit of dry humor. 😉
This is not just Ganymede retelling what truly happened some 4000 years ago. This is him teaching us valuable life lessons, passing us a wisdom that he’s learnt first hand so that we won’t settle for the first thing that came along our way. 😌 It was fun, it was witty and hilarious and it was glorious. 😱👏 And Jason Frazier’s superb narration made it even more enjoyable and realistic to immerse oneself into this mythical, magical world. 😍 I was in a different plane when gods walk among mortals and engage interactions with us, puny and weak humans. I was in a place where there were mighty and magnificent temples built for gods that we worshipped and when we still believe in the fortune telling by chicken blood that we had just sacrificed. I was mesmerized, I was in love, I was Ganymede himself and I was in love with my plain, wise and loving sheep farmer, Zeus. 🥰 And smutwise, although it isn’t explicit, it was very titillating and erotic. 🔥 Well, after all, for the lovers of books about men loving men, Ganymede truly was our pioneer in the art of lovemaking between men. Right? 😁 I can’t recommend this little tasty morsel enough! And you know the best part??? This audio was under 5 bucks! 😱 Can you believe it? Because I can’t, and I’d gladly pay 50 bucks for this glorious and beautifully narrated story. 👏 Loved, loved and loved it! 💙
5 And just like our love, I became immortal stars
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- Brianna Miller
- 21-04-23
Love it!
I love this story. The performance is awesome too. The only thing I didn't is the abundance of scoffs in the audio, those really took me out of the story. But regardless, I still love it. Wish it was longer and more detailed.
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- Stephanie VO
- 15-09-19
Amazing short listen!
This is such an amazing short listen. I love read mythologies so I thought this is such a great short story about Ganymede. I just love how Jason Frazier has done this narration. Even though it is short it was definitely entertaining.
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- ButtonsMom2003
- 08-09-19
I loved this performance of this audiobook!
OK, I have to admit that I didn't really understand this story but I LOVED the audio performance by Jason Frazier. After I listened to it I looked up Ganymede and realized why I didn't know much about the story. I've never really been into mythology but now, after Googling Ganymede, I think I will go back and listen to this short audiobook again.
I've found a new audiobook performer to add to my list of favorites.
A complementary copy of this audiobook was provided to me but my review is freely given and not influenced by the gift.
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- 'Nathan
- 29-03-17
Frazier knocks it out of the park and into Olympus
When you listen to audiobooks on a regular basis, as a listener you start to find performers you love. Before you know it, when you’re looking at the lists of audiobooks, you’re searching the listings not by title or author, but by who performs the audiobook, and then reading the blurbs of the books they’ve done. Finding a new and awesome performer is like finding a new author, and in fact absolutely leads to just that: finding new authors through the performer.
I have a trio of performers like that. Barbara Rosenblatt, Jane Entwhistle, and Jason Frazier. Every time I go looking for a new audiobook, I quickly search the three out to see if they’ve got anything new, and when they do, it jumps to the top of the list for consideration.
So, you can imagine my joy at finding a new Jason Frazier. In and of itself, that was a fine, fine thing. He doesn’t narrate, he acts. His voice acting is so great I’ve twice now purchased audiobooks for which I have already read the books physically, and listened to them as a second read-through. To be clear: I nearly never re-read. But Jason Frazier doing Steve Berman’s Vintage? And Gavin Atlas’s The Full Ride? There was no resisting, and it was a joy to revisit.
Now, add to that the realization that this new book narrated by one of my favorites is a novella from Felice Picano, and all hesitation was gone. I’d clicked before I’d even read the description. I had it queued up for the next dog walk, and in the space of two days I was done.
An Asian Minor: The True Story of Ganymede is a very small class of narratives: mythology retold with a clever and consistent voice. Quite a few times while I was listening to the story, I caught myself thinking of Mark Merlis’s An Arrow’s Flight, but where Merlis crafted a unique contemporary hybrid of the myth and a modern world, Picano instead does stick to the time period in question as Ganymede tells his story, but it is told now, by the immortal in the present day, with all the colloquialisms and long-view wisdom the eternal and immortal young man has gathered since.
That conversational voice, written so cleverly by Picano and given such charm and insouciance through Frazier’s performance, is magic in a bottle. Or, well, an earbud.
As Ganymede sets us straight on what really went down from the time he was born, receiving a troublesome destiny, this breezy tone delights with amusing asides and clarifications of many a mistake in the retelling of the modern myth: most centrally, Ganymede insists, the notion he was somehow some innocent doe-eyed youth with no idea of the powers at play around him. Picano’s Ganymede is nobody’s fool, and indeed knows that when one has a destiny writ large, the best way to play it is to try to turn large into huge.
It’s also telling that in Picano’s prose, and with Frazier’s voice, this story puts Ganymede on an even playing field with the gods who would tempt and curry favor of him. Yes, he’s a youth, but he’s no fool. And these are, after all, the Greek gods who are by no means infallible themselves. As everyone around Ganymede starts to see perfection in the beauty of his form, Ganymede refuses to give up trying to keep what control he might have. This is a Ganymede in search of as grand a destiny as he can cram into one vague prophecy. He’s smart, and wily, and willing to go toe to toe with multiple gods as he entertains offers, and then risks and gambles for the next—hopefully better—thing to come along. Matching wits with multiple gods, the story of how Ganymede came to be the chosen of Zeus is told with a delightful twist or three along the way.
An Asian Minor: The True Story of Ganymede isn’t a long audiobook, but the energy and talent packed into the piece grabs attention. The recollections of his smart and sexy immortal had me laughing multiple times, and in Frazier’s capable hands the words simply sprang to life.
If you’re looking for a short, engrossing, and not-just-a-little-bit sexy audiobook about the foundation of the ultimate Sugar Daddy relationship, look no further. Ganymede awaits.