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G. A. Henty

G. A. Henty, author of numerous historic fiction tales for young boys, is one of my favorite authors. You can find free and not-free versions of his books in many places. From Wikipedia: His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times.

Rationing

The Derb says: There are many ways to ration a service. You can ration it by expense, excluding those who can't afford it. You can ration it by fiat, excluding applicants according to some set of rules administered by gatekeepers. Or you can ration it by complexity, paving

A Capsule History of English SciFi and Fantasy

From John C Wright comes a capsule history of science fiction and fantasy in English. A reader asks a fascinating question. He speaks of a recent history of science fiction he’d read, and says the editors “laid the blame of ghetto-izing science fiction at John W. Campbell’s feet.

Charlton on Tolkien and Rowling

Bruce Charlton unfavorably compares the moral universe of Harry Potter with the Lord of the Rings. When first I tried to read the Harry Potter series, I was put off by the chaos of its moral universe. The author did not seem to have secure moral bearings, and it seemed

New Business Opportunity

From John Reilly: ------------------------------------------------------------ Entrepreneurial readers might want to consider the commercial possibilities of haikyo. This can take the form of organized tours of genteel abandoned industrial sites, though sometimes it can be a bit edgy Ruins are known in Japan as 'Haikyo' ... – literally 'abandoned place'

Tim Powers Interview

Tim Powers gave an interview to the school newspaper at Cal State Fullerton about befriending Philip Dick, the next Pirates of the Carribean movie, and other sundry topics. h/t The Works of Tim Powers

Myths have Daimonic Power

The daimonic force of great myths and legends From The Notion Club Papers by JRR Tolkien – in Sauron Defeated, Volume IX of the History of Middle Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Page 228, Ramer speaking: “I don’t think you realize, I don’t think any of us realize, the