This is why I like Damian Thompson

It is a place where myths become true. No. It is a place where myths are more than true; a place where the myths have power and you have none. The effect is a diminution of the self in the face of something older, vaster, and stranger.

READING LIST THREAD History books that are both fascinating and informative. Will update regularly. pic.twitter.com/jI1UtdpDZv — The Dissident Review (@Dissident_Rev) August 16, 2022 Found himBook reviews and literary criticism of adventure stories, along with an archive of John J. Reilly’s The Long ViewWith Both HandsBenjamin EspenThe

Synoptic history of Europe, The Night Land, how epic fantasy has failed readers, the most horrifying anti-war satire I've read, and a cover reveal for Spengler's Future