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Lonely Island Adventures
One of the weirder 20th-century pulps was called Lonely Island Adventures. It published Robinson Crusoe-style stories about people cast off on isolated…
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A guilty pleasure
One of my character flaws is that I enjoy a well-written 'problem' novel.
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A Dilemma
Erdric had never heard of slavery.
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Lonesome Dove grew on me
After reading all these Westerns, I figured that I ought to read Lonesome Dove, because it’s the most famous Western.
Sep 16 • 
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The Tournament
In his thirty-fifth year of life, the paladin ran into a major difficulty.
Sep 11 • 
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Big Fiction
Dan Sinykin's 2023 book, Big Fiction, is an account of the structural changes in the publishing industry between 1960 and 2000.
Sep 9 • 
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How I had sex with a pretty girl (politics were involved)
Hi friends, I want to post about an insane thing that happened to me.
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