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Mysterion: May 2016
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A speculative fiction anthology—rediscovering the mysteries of the Christian faith. Saturday, May 28, 2016. Excerpt from "Forlorn" by Bret Carter. This week's story is "Forlorn" by Bret Carter. In an abandoned house, Keith learns something about the empty places of the world. Keith forced his eyes back to the flashlight. "But Marcus said it wasn’t the houses themselves that are frightening. He said it’s something else.". As her eyes wandered again, her mouth drew downward. His book God’s Words. Excerpt f...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: Imperial Reading List
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Monday, August 10, 2015. Both of these are supposed to be good, solid histories of their respective conflicts. Most people's, only knowledge of the Anglo-Zulu War is from the rousing film, Zulu. While it portrays the Zulus as brave it never really explains who they are or why they're fighting the British. I know enough to know they were responding to British aggression. Russo-Japanese War), The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871. The Sino-Japanese Naval War 1894-1895. I'm not...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. I'm not sure what the first story I read by Clifford Simak was, but the first I remember is "Desertion." It's part of the book he's probably most famous for, City. The novel is a mournful farewell to humanity and Earth and stars robot butlers and talking dogs. Desertion" is about a scientist and his dog on Jupiter investigating missing explorers. They were transmogrified into lopers, a lifeform native to the planet's surface. None so far have returned to the station. In the UK Guar...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: Imperial Art - Portrait of the Battle of Inkerman, Ukraine, 5 November 1854 by Thomas Rose Miles
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. Imperial Art - Portrait of the Battle of Inkerman, Ukraine, 5 November 1854 by Thomas Rose Miles. While I'm working on my piece about Verdun, I'm working my way through Tervor Royle's Anglo-centric Crimea: The Great Crimean War. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What I'm Also Reading. And this one too. Stephen S. Power – The Wave Rises. Raising a story from the dead… and then putting it back in its grave. Dancers, Penguins, Defiance: Movies and TV viewed this week (#SFWApro).
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: Eagle Ascending: Enter the Americans
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Saturday, August 1, 2015. Eagle Ascending: Enter the Americans. The Storming of Chapultepec - Sept. 1847. 10th Cavalry on Patrol in Arizona. Rough Rider Charge at Battle of San Juan Hill. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What I'm Also Reading. And this one too. 8216;A Crime of Passion,’ by Scott Pratt. Fiction Stephen R. Case. The Man With the Aura. Wave Without A Shore. Dental work accomplished.,. A lot of RED. Brigantia: Goddess of the North by Sheena McGrath. Nephite Blood, Spartan Heart. 8220;The ...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: October 2014
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Friday, October 31, 2014. After watching a mostly not-too-spooky movies for most of the month, the luminous Mrs. V. and I will send the holiday out in style with a few creepier films. The highlight will be The Haunting. Robert Wise's effective adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. If there's time, we'll also watch Donnie Darko. Writing this, I'm thinking about what other spooky movies I need to get my hands on. First, The Innocents. So have a fun Halloween and don't eat too much crap.
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: Imperial Artwork - Assault of Gimry - by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Imperial Artwork - Assault of Gimry - by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud. This detailed painting is of the Russian attack on the stronghold of Ghazi Muhammad, the most important religious leader of the resistance of the peoples of the Eastern Caucasus to Russian conquest. It was painted by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud. Make sure you click on it to get the full effect. Will I ever read all this, who can tell? Still, it's a mesmerizing period and region I know little of. As much as w...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: Simakpalooza!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. I'm not sure what the first story I read by Clifford Simak was, but the first I remember is "Desertion." It's part of the book he's probably most famous for, City. The novel is a mournful farewell to humanity and Earth and stars robot butlers and talking dogs. Desertion" is about a scientist and his dog on Jupiter investigating missing explorers. They were transmogrified into lopers, a lifeform native to the planet's surface. None so far have returned to the station. In the UK Guar...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Chaosium Mythos Fiction: Mysteries of the Worm (2nd ed.) by Robert Bloch. After weeks of delay brought about by travel, cataracts, other obligations, and, above all, laziness, I finally finished Mysteries of the Worm. By Robert Bloch. It's name is the English version of Bloch's contribution to the Mythos' library of evil volumes: De Vermis Mysteriis. Robert Bloch (1917-1994) is still, sadly, really only known to the wider public (if at all) as the author of Psycho. Even that laur...
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Swords & Sorcery: a blog: The Spanish Navy on Staten Island
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. The Spanish Navy on Staten Island. One nifty new bit of info I've learned reading Ivan Musicant's history of the Spanish-American War, Empire by Default, concerns my home town of Staten Island. When the USS Maine was sent to Cuba to both serve as a guardian for Americans in Havana during a period of increasing unrest in the streets to threaten the Spanish over their actions against the Cubans. The Vizcaya at sea, sometime between 1893 and 1898. Labels: Don Antonio Eulate. Augus...
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