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Short Reviews for November 2023
Epilogue, Last Guardian of Everness, Lion of Liberty, Providence Lost
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What Talking Animals Can Say
The other week, I reread Richard Adams' "Watership Down".
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When the Guns Fell Silent
On this day in 1918, World War One came to an end, and an exhausted continent breathed a questioning sigh of relief.
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In-Universe Metafiction
When the Book Exists Inside the Book
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October 2023
Short Reviews for October 2023
The Good Shepherd, Imperial Purple, At Home, Founding Martyr
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In Defense of Reading Whole Books
Another entry in a slow debate
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What Makes a History Book Good
Several weeks ago, someone asked in the comments whether I thought a particular history book I'd read was a good book. I realized that's something of a…
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Narrators and Perspectives
When I first reread "The Hobbit" as an adult, the thing that stuck out to me the most was the voice of the narrator.
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September 2023
The Burr Conspiracy in History and Story
One of the most dramatic and strange stories in the early United States is the later life of Aaron Burr, whom the public mindset unanimously regarded as…
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Short Reviews for September 2023
A Colony of Citizens, The Making of Roman Italy, Trapped, Persuasion
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The Spirit of Exploration
This daring is an important part of history
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Early-Installment Weirdness
What's left behind after the story has developed
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