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Happy Vaffledagen
Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and since it falls on a Friday this year, much like the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, that means Lenten abstinence from meat is overridden. It also happens to be Waffle Day, thanks to a pun in Swedish. Vårfrudagen —> Våffeldagen
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Uncle Obi Wan
George Lucas tried to write the Star Wars prequel movies as a tragedy; it is possible his difficulties here were because tragedy is relatively less common in the pulp tradition he was using for inspiration. For the most part, the pulps were romances, a series of marvelous adventures. In a
Slavic Marches
I’ve always enjoyed maps. A good map can convey information in an incredibly concise way. And they are of course useful for navigation.
However, you do need to be careful. As an example, I saw this map that purported to show the political divisions of Europe circa 1000 A.
How the World Sees Americans
Except for the Japanese….
Nancy Drew
The literary mainstream
This snippet of an interview of Gene Wolfe by Larry McCaffery was interesting enough for me to go read the whole thing. I whole-heartedly support what Wolfe says in this paragraph:
Gene Wolfe: It's not so much a matter of "advantages" as SF appealing to my