I’ve blogged before (see here, here, and here) about the influence of the Dune series on Star Wars. But I’ve recently reread the entire Dune series (the ones by Frank Herbert, I mean, not all of the posthumous continuations, though I’ve read a couple of those also), and having now refreshed my memory of the […]| Austro-Athenian Empire
The Fall 2019 issue of the Molinari Review, previously available in print, is now also available on Kindle. That link goes to Amazon US, but it should also be available on various other national iterations of Amazon. And for a reminder of the contents, see here.| Austro-Athenian Empire
I just finished reading Artemis, Andy Weir’s follow-up to his hit novel The Martian. I generally enjoyed it (despite finding his prose choices occasionally painful). But I have one major gripe. You know that classic trope where the villain gives themselves away by mentioning X, and the hero says “but I never said anything about […]| Austro-Athenian Empire
Raider so about the idol we’d been slogging through that jungle for weeks gasping through air that was like hot sludge with birds and bugs and monkeys heckling us you know they never let up no matter how many we shot and then finally there by the river’s edge was the goddamn temple yeah ooh […]| Austro-Athenian Empire
I’m going to be one of the moderators for the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidates’ debate on Friday, February 28th, in conjunction with the Alabama state LP’s 2020 convention in Birmingham AL; details here and here. I’ll also be tabling there for Molinari/C4SS on Saturday, February 29th. More info to follow!| Austro-Athenian Empire
To C. Chameleon, who left me a message today through this blog’s contact form: you didn’t include an email address so I don’t know how to contact you. Please drop me a note either by email or in the talkback form below. Thanks!| Austro-Athenian Empire
The poet ibn Harma performed for the Prince of the Muslims and so delighted was the Caliph with his performance that he said “name your reward.” The poet replied, “the reward I wish from the Prince of the Muslims is that he should send instructions to his officials in the city of Medina, commanding that […]| Austro-Athenian Empire
In the Silver Age, radiation was a common way for superheroes to get their powers, particularly in the case of such early Marvel creations as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and (in some accounts) the X-Men. It makes sense: atomic power, both as a fearsome weapon and as a potential energy source, was […]| Austro-Athenian Empire
Two songs for Marianne Ihlen (presumably): Moving On (2019): It’s Torn (2019):| Austro-Athenian Empire
When I featured “Leonard Cohen Month” last June, Cohen’s final posthumous album, Thanks for the Dance, hadn’t been released yet. Now it has; hence this two-part addendum (four songs out of nine).| Austro-Athenian Empire