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April 2025

Of the Turning of the Moon
The Cup of the World trilogy and an unrigged thought experiment
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Storytelling, prophecy, and character agency
A response to Zinger bringing up an interesting question from a new angle
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
"Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world."
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Short Reviews for April 2025
Across Five Aprils, Paper Woman, An Unholy Traffic, The Blitzkrieg Myth
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March 2025

The Standard Fantasy Setting and the Tradition of Inspiration
If you've read a lot of fantasy books, you probably recognize the Standard Fantasy Setting.  That's why it's a good thing.
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Liberty or Death: the Last Speech Before War
On this week in 1775, March 23rd, Patrick Henry gave his famous oration concluding in "Give me liberty or give me death!"  War was mere weeks away.
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Short Reviews for March 2025
Moral Capital, Capital of the World, White Mountains, This Virtual Night
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It's Been Two and a Half Years
It’s been two and a half years since I started Papyrus Rampant!
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Timekeeping As We Wish It
Daylight Savings Time, time zones, Julius Caesar, and the US Congress
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Solution Unsatisfactory, Part 2
And what of the real world?
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