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Linkfest 2022-10-08: The Population Bombed
The New Atlantis: The Population Control Holocaust
Robert Zubrin details the horrors of both privately and publicly driven population control programs of the twentieth century. At the time, much effort was expended to try and ensure that overpopulation didn’t destroy the world. However, now that almost everywhere in the
Planet of the Wage Slaves by J. Manfred Weichsel
J. Manfred Weichsel has written another brutally funny satire, Planet of the Wage Slaves. It has a totally awesome 1970s style cover, which is a bit of a departure from Weichel’s typical lurid naked women cover. This brief 13,800 word book would serve as an excellent introductory piece
The Long View 2009-01-16: Pods are Our Friends
John J. Reilly was in general positive about the impact of the New Deal on the United States. But his reason why is more interesting than most:
But did the New Deal do more good than harm? Probably, because it generated national solidarity; which, among other things, is the predicate
Brace yourselves, pumpkin is coming
The state of the short genre fiction market
Via friends of the blog Cirsova and SFFaudio, a historical point of reference for the short fiction market, another piece of the puzzle of why the book market is what it is right now.
Weird Tales was usually a monthly, and if we adjust for population growth, 50k a month