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Short Reviews for September 2024
Hungary in Early 1848, Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire, Hope, Saint Antony's Fire
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It's been two years
It’s been two whole years since I started Papyrus Rampant! Thank you to my subscribers, readers, and commenters! Also, I thought I'd share here some of…
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Cold Equations, Cold Awakening
It's a good story. The criticism raises good points, but that's another story.
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August 2024

The First Continental Congress
250 years ago, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. It didn't do any major new thing, but it marked a trend that was already pushing…
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Pirates in the Gaps
The slow growth of government authority, and pirates
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Short Reviews for August 2024
Montaillou, Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, The Algebraist, Howl's Moving Castle
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Life as Part of a Story
Against philosopher Galen Strawson's article
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Railroads and Technology in the Civil War
The war that could only have been fought by rail
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July 2024

How Not To Make Up A War
Weber's "Honor Harrington" series, Mary Sue's, and
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Short Reviews for July 2024
Justice Accused, Revolutionary Days, Book of All Skies, Down Home Murder
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The Tragedy of the French Revolution
Three tragedies, as Shakespeare might have written them
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Historical Fiction Entering Into History
Some general thoughts on historical fiction
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