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I Am Not an AI Construct
(despite what some people claim)
Jun 3
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May 2025
Why Older Books Remain Hard to Find in Our Age of Digital Plenty
The perverse incentives of modern copyright law
May 23
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Acclaimed Fantasy Novel Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
Is The Sword of Kaigen an overwritten standalone or the first part of an uncompleted series?
May 9
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One of my favorite books
(and my most treasured editions of it)
May 3
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April 2025
A Visual Tour of Apocalyptic Fiction
As a companion to my YouTube videos surveying more than 200 years of apocalyptic fiction, here are photos of more than 180 of the 270+ books and series…
Apr 1
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March 2025
How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles, by Lord Dunsany
Another of my favorite stories by Lord Dunsany.
Mar 21
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The inspiration for the Netflix series 'The Leopard'
A neglected classic of historical fiction
Mar 14
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Is a Climate Apocalypse Nigh?
Stephen Markley's eye-opening novel presents a case for action
Mar 7
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February 2025
Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Rival
The Dr. Thorndyke Mysteries of R. Austin Freeman
Feb 28
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Project 1937 —
An authoritarian populist's playbook
Feb 21
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The Battle of the Book Clubs for Children
What happened to the Weekly Reader Book Club?
Feb 13
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'Yellow Peril' Antidotes
Chinese-Inspired Literary & Genre Classics That Rejected Fearmongering
Feb 8
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