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The Roman Empire, 27 BCE to 1453 CE
Why the Roman Empire did not truly 'fall' in the 400s, tracing how the eastern Roman state, religious power struggles, and later claimants to the title of 'Roman Empire' reshaped the story down to 1453.
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Mercedes Lackey
A personal look at Mercedes Lackey, her Valdemar novels, and the characters and themes that shaped the author’s own approach to writing, role‑playing games, and found families in fantasy.
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Remembering Traveller
A historical and personal look at Traveller, the Little Black Books, and the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of science fiction gaming’s most enduring universes.
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Military Rations in the American Revolutionary War
How British, Continental, and French armies tried to feed their soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, tracing ration regulations, supply systems, field improvisations, and the actual energy content of eighteenth-century military diets.
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Metanarrative
Transcript of a lecture on metanarrative given by Nelson McKeeby at an academic conference, exploring Lyotard, Cops, Rashomon, The Princess Bride, and the way stories expose their own structure.
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Hypernarratives
An essay on hypernarratives that traces their roots from early Islamic legal scholarship to modern myth, the Gospels, Rashomon, and contemporary fiction, showing how writers use references and vocabulary as implicit links in the reader’s mind.
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