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July Pieces Of My Mind #3
“Ways of knowing” = alternative facts. I am on a WorldCon panel about the Medieval mind and fantasy literature. I just had the (unoriginal) idea to say that the High and Late Medieval aristocracy...
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August Pieces Of My Mind #1
Reading Matt Ruff’s new novel about black Americans in the 50s. Annoyed to find that nothing in the dialogue would sound out of place if spoken by a white American sci-fi fan in 2017. Feared 45 would...
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September Pieces Of My Mind #2
The former school / functions venue in my housing area has been converted into housing for single male asylum seekers. I’m putting a note on their front door, offering to teach them some boardgames....
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Hiking In Abisko
Abisko national park is in the mountains of extreme northern Sweden, Sámi country, reindeer country, where half of the year is lit by constant sun and the other half is frigid darkness and aurorae....
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July Pieces Of My Mind #2
Los Alamos means “the poplars”. A friend lent me J.P. Hogan’s 1980 novel Thrice Upon A Time. It’s set in 2010 but has pre-PC “mini” computers the size of fridges, with text terminals and command-line...
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Ceci Est Une Pipe
To help people understand that this is a coffee cup, we have decided to decorate it with instructive pictures of coffee cups. As my buddy Marcus Widengren commented, “Now they only have to add the...
View ArticleFornvännen’s Winter Issue On-Line
Fornvännen 2013:4 is now on-line on Open Access. Ulf Ragnesten on an ornate late-1st millenium BC bronze chain belt from a cremation grave in a Gothenburg suburb. Lars Larsson and Bengt Söderberg on...
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Fornvännen’s Autumn Issue On-line
The Archangel Raphael. Recently uncovered mural in Kil church, Närke. C. 1250. Today’s my 16th anniversary as editor of Fornvännen! Issue 2014:3 is now on-line on Open Access. Ole Thirup Kastholm on...
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