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Slimeline

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Nathan

I’m going to look at one of my niche interests, that of timelines for fictional universes, in this case the Dragon Quest series. While there are exceptions, I get the impression that game developers don’t generally think too much about … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want to Read Your Series of Conspiracy Theories

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Nathan

The Waste Lands, by Stephen King – While Roland, Eddie, and Susanna are traveling through a ruined country that once had an advanced technological civilization, and having a run-in with a robotic bear, Jake Chambers, whom Roland had let die … Continue reading →

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It’s Craning Men

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Nathan

When Sorrows Come, by Seanan McGuire – After a lot of build-up throughout the last few books, we finally get to see Toby and Tybalt’s wedding, at the court of the High King of the Divided Courts in Toronto. Of … Continue reading →

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A Washed-Up Atlantis

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve started listening to the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby podcast, which I found on Twitter. I have a lot to catch up on, but I did listen to some of the most recent installments about Atlantis. As the host … Continue reading →

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Three Period Pieces

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Nathan

For my first post of 2022, how about some movie reviews? Licorice Pizza – Beth and I saw this at the theater the other day, and she doesn’t even like licorice or pizza! No, this is a Paul Thomas Anderson … Continue reading →

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The Gang’s All Here

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Nathan

Picture by Mark Spears I noticed on Joe Bongiorno’s Royal Timeline of Oz that he’s added several fictional works not directly related to Oz or L. Frank Baum, crediting some of them to Win Scott Eckert’s Wold Newton Universe chronology. … Continue reading →

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House of Reptile-sentatives

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Nathan

The idea that the governments of the world are secretly controlled by lizard people is most prominently supported by David Icke, a former soccer player and sports broadcaster. That’s what comes of letting him hit the ball with his head. … Continue reading →

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Hello to Bygone Ages

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Nathan

Looking at Robert E. Howard’s essay on his imaginary Hyborian Age got me to thinking about a few different issues in fantasy fiction that deals with lost civilizations. The essay tells of a succession of great empires contrasted with barbarians, … Continue reading →

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Up in the Air, Junior Birdgirl

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Nathan

Lost Worlds, by Clark Ashton Smith – Joe Bongiorno’s Lost Histories from the Royal Librarian of Oz contains a few references to Smith’s work, including the sorcerer Eibon and Tsathoggua, his patron toad-god from Saturn, which made me interested in … Continue reading →

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Erlik to Bed, Erlik to Rise

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Nathan

I can’t say I’ve ever come across that much from what Is known as Altaic mythology, which encompasses the beliefs of people from Turkey, Mongolia, and Siberia. Some of it seems to have spread into Finland as well. The evil … Continue reading →

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