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The Aryan Fallacy
Note: This is an updated version of a post on my old blog from 2015. Recent events suggest that it may need saying again. In 1938, J.R.R. Tolkien received a letter from a German publisher who proposed to publish a translation of The Hobbit. According to the laws under the Nazi government, they requested himContinue…
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Doctor Who Series 1 — or Series 14 — or Series 40
The most recent series of Doctor Who finished a couple of weeks ago. Due to Disney’s dictates, it’s officially described as Series 1, which has angered a lot of fans, who insist that it’s actually Series 14. Whereas, as us old-timers know, it’s really Series 40. Whatever it’s called, though, I’ve now had time toContinue…
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The Dangers of an Echo Chamber
So … I’m sure most readers are familiar with the idea of an echo chamber: a person surrounding themselves only with people who agree with that person, so that the only ideas the person hears are similar to their own—you know, echoing back their own opinions. It’s often brought up in terms of cultural or…
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
About forty years ago, I wrote a short story exploring the idea of immortality. The main character (a kind of everyman — or everywoman in this case) does a favour to a supernatural being who, in gratitude, offers to make her immortal. As she’s a bit unsure what to make of this, he takes herContinue…
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Poetry Thunderdome podcast!
Here’s something fun that you may have missed!Last month I had a chance to participate in Deborah L. Davitt’s Shining Moon podcast with a group of other speculative poets. We talked about poetry and our paths with writing it, and the central focu…
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Poetry Thunderdome podcast!
Here’s something fun that you may have missed!Last month I had a chance to participate in Deborah L. Davitt’s Shining Moon podcast with a group of other speculative poets. We talked about poetry and our paths with writing it, and the central focu…
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