Archive - Papyrus Rampant

Short Reviews for July 2024

Glory Season, Tainted Cup, William Pitt the Younger, White Eagle Red Star

18 hrs ago •

June 2025

May 2025

Historical Perspective and Scale

Great Men versus Social Trends

May 31 •

Invasion Literature and Real Fears

Victorian-era cautionary tales... of real possibilities

May 24 •

Some Thoughts on Prequels

How they can be disappointments, and why

May 17 •

The Growing War and the Continental Congress

This was a month of mustering and expansion... and the Second Continental Congress assembled

May 10 •

Short Reviews for May 2025

Have Space Suit Will Travel; Too Many Magicians; After Yorktown; Civil Religion and the Presidency

May 3 •

April 2025

Of the Turning of the Moon

The Cup of the World trilogy and an unrigged thought experiment

Apr 26 •

Storytelling, prophecy, and character agency

A response to Zinger bringing up an interesting question from a new angle

Apr 19 •

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