Category Archives: prose

scifi

Posted on Sunday, 2005 July 10 by Anton

The last book I finished was Charlie Stross’s The Family Trade. Spoilers:

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it just hit me

Posted on Thursday, 2005 April 21 by Anton

In The War of the Worlds, the Martians’ principal weapon is a heat-ray. In Robinson’s RGB Mars, at one point the badguys use a heat-ray against Martians.

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the future of Latin

Posted on Saturday, 2005 March 26 by Anton

In the last chapter of A Canticle for Leibowitz, a priest makes a pun: “Onerem accipisne?” [Do you accept the burden?] “Honorem accipio.” [I accept the honor.] In classical Latin, onus ‘burden’ is neuter, so the accusative is onus not … Continue reading →

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linky goodness

Posted on Sunday, 2005 February 20 by Anton

Wodehouse, the next generation: a fan’s delightful movie concept Bryan Caplan: The Idea Trap: why bad economic policy is so rarely repealed Institute for Justice: The 25 Best Friends of Property Rights: amicus briefs in support of petitioners in Kelo … Continue reading →

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temporal foreshortening

Posted on Friday, 2004 December 24 by Anton

On a private mailing list someone wrote: having just seen the 1951 Britisher version of the Dickens Christmas Carol, it struck me that free marketeers should really live in Dickensian England and try work their way out from the bottom. … Continue reading →

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