Category Archives: prose

duelling fantasists

Posted on Sunday, 2003 October 12 by Anton

Forager 23: J.R.R. Tolkien vs. Robert E. Howard. (Linked by Justin Slotman)

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getting cosy with evil

Posted on Thursday, 2003 August 07 by Anton

I’ve just finished reading John Holbrook Vance’s novel Bad Ronald (1973), and it’s keeping me awake. I wonder how much of its creepiness is due to its being set in California rather than on the planet Cadwal, and how much … Continue reading →

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well, he’s got the Newspeak thing

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 30 by Anton

Daniel Kurtzman: Learning to love Big Brother / George W. Bush channels George Orwell

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a question for philologists

Posted on Sunday, 2003 July 20 by Anton

Is the phrase “some are more equal than others” older than Animal Farm?

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the muse

Posted on Thursday, 2003 July 10 by Anton

Wyman Brantley (who apparently noticed me on an INTP list) reports: [Robert E] Howard said that the Conan stories came to him after a period of writer’s block, and that the stories went from brain to paper almost as if … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Libertarian Subtext

Posted on Thursday, 2003 July 10 by Anton

Shocking examples of anti-authoritarianism, enumerated by Natalie Solent. (Link from Modulator by way of Mindles)

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not enough gamekeepers.

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 June 17 by Anton

Amazon World is a blog made up of quotes from readers’ reviews. Oh, yes, every day people wake up to find themselves turned into a cockroach and have to deal with living as one. I’m just real sure! Cited (twice) … Continue reading →

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