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Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle Book Review (Again)

I reviewed Janissaries [Amazon link] by Jerry Pournelle in 2011, but I am going to do so again in preparation for the fourth posthumously published volume in the series. This is another book that made a big impression on me, and I want to do it justice. First, the physical

Alternate Routes by Tim Powers Book Review

Alternate Routes [Amazon link] is a combination of the myth of Daedalus and the horror with which long-time residents of Los Angeles regard their infamous freeway system. I’m not an Angeleno, but I don’t find a supernatural conjunction between the LA freeways and the Minotaur’s Labyrinth at

Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers Book Review

Dinner at Deviant’s Palace [Amazon link] is a bit unusual for a Tim Powers’ book, a post-apocalyptic adventure rather than a secret history. In my own mind, it has been overshadowed a bit by The Anubis Gates [Amazon link], possibly Powers’ most famous novel, released two years earlier. Yet,

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George Weigel has himself experienced a firestorm of criticism for writing an article in First Things concluding that President Truman deciding to use nuclear weapons in an attempt to accelerate the end of the war was the least worst option. Both Weigel and those who have defended him stand accused

The Long View 2008-01-14: Bush & Gog; Hillary Found Out; What Damian Thompson did not expect; Variant Korans

Apparently the comfy chair did not dissuade Damian Thompson from his muckraking ways. Bush & Gog; Hillary Found Out; What Damian Thompson did not expect; Variant Korans Many persons hold President Bush in light esteem, but few actually identify him with Antichrist or his precursors. Nonetheless, that is the gist

LinkFest 2020-09-25

Welcome back to LinkFest, my weekly look at interesting things I’ve read, as well as retrospectives on my two main projects here, With Both Hands and The Long View re-posting project. Theodore Roosevelt and the Case for a Popular Constitution TR is a common subject here at With Both

The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers Book Review

Since I realized that I never reviewed what is probably my favorite Tim Powers novel, The Drawing of the Dark [Amazon link], I decided to rectify my appalling lack. A secret history, written in what has come to be Powers’ defining style, The Drawing of the Dark is a fusion