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Alternate Terminology: The Forgotten 19th Century Poet Who Named Our Modern World
By Thomas Anderson. The subject of our article, when he was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1863; photograph taken by Ernest Edwards, courtesy wikimedia commons via the State Library of New South Wales. I’m aware that on Youtube nowadays there is an irritating prevalence of using the word “forgotten” (or “that you’ve never heard of”) in video titles, which is frequently not true. Possibly the worst case I saw was a video describing Vichy France as “the forgotten Nazi
Dec 167 min read


Prequel Problems: Forever and a Day (James Bond)
By Thomas Anderson. Cover to the book, picture courtesy Amazon. This is the first article I’ve penned in my “Prequel Problems” series for quite a while, so it may be worth briefly recapping the purpose and goal behind these articles. As a voracious reader growing up, I was exposed to a number of examples of fiction (mostly children’s fiction) in which an author had to manage a fictional setting and character histories while releasing books in an anachronic order. The Chronicl
Oct 1411 min read


Non-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 5: The Orville
By Tom Anderson. The crew of Orville circa S1, image courtesy Amazon It’s been quite a while since I last penned an article in this...
Sep 1611 min read


Fiction Friction: The Perils of Paleonomism
By Thomas Anderson. Which unexpected famous figure lurks within...? (Image courtesy Amazon) ‘Paleonomism’ is a term I’ve just made up,...
May 97 min read
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