tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post2468849741056851741..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: The Guardian Strikes BackTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-62913560051833056942011-10-30T04:19:55.553+00:002011-10-30T04:19:55.553+00:00blinks, blinks
Uh, yeah, he did use the term &quo...<i>blinks, blinks</i><br /><br />Uh, yeah, he did use the term "race" where we would use "ethnic." People did, back then. All the time. I think the term "ethnic" was invented by his time but unsurprisingly did not spread instantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-87066262085949679602010-06-02T15:38:07.757+01:002010-06-02T15:38:07.757+01:00Bah, I may be British, but I'm no English dog!...Bah, I may be British, but I'm no English dog! :P<br /><br />In any case, who knows, perhaps I will. In a John Cleese voice, no less!Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-85471090329565804192010-06-02T11:35:17.718+01:002010-06-02T11:35:17.718+01:00Being British you should absolutely write an angry...Being British you should absolutely write an angry letter to the editor about this, mayhaps you will even get it published.. <br /><br />Madam, I wish to disagree along the strongest of terms about your recent article... < Said in a John Cleese Voice.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-7851600947357412252010-05-29T19:16:55.472+01:002010-05-29T19:16:55.472+01:00Brian, that's a good idea. Apparently, Alliso...Brian, that's a good idea. Apparently, Allison didn't finish reading "The Chronicles of Conan" (though I don't know which stories she did/didn't read), so while she has read "Red Nails" she might not have read "Beyond the Black River."<br /><br />As an aside, isn't it infuriating that a female character can be awesome in every way, yet if there's even ONE mention of her looking to Conan to help, that apparently ruins everything. Valeria is better than half the action heroines of TODAY, let alone the 1930s.<br /><br />Gotta agree on Alberich, Taran. He's a mini DeCampista in the making, isn't he? I haven't read his "improvements" but I'd be willing to bet it would be the same sort of "improvements" De Camp made.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-18143350819277938062010-05-29T18:06:36.740+01:002010-05-29T18:06:36.740+01:00The comments are often amusing, especially the gra...The comments are often amusing, especially the grammar pedant going line-by-line through some of Howard's clumsier sentences and suggesting how he should've improved them. You can do this with any work, and it almost always proves nothing--for a writer on a schedule, not every sentence can be perfect, or the story would never get done; heck, even "great work", lovingly crafted, have their clunker sentences. Because writers are human too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-16195036862065871062010-05-28T04:09:58.909+01:002010-05-28T04:09:58.909+01:00I wonder why so many reviewers characterize Howard...I wonder why so many reviewers characterize Howard as shallow--maybe it's because they miss it in his headlong action sequences. Or maybe it's because they've only seem to have read his Conan stories.<br /><br />The Conan stories do possess literary depth--I don't see how you can read "Beyond the Black River" or "Red Nails" and think otherwise--but it's mostly subtext. Maybe if Alison were exposed to "The Shadow Kingdom" or "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" she'd understand that Howard wasn't just writing pulp action.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-31492084520362126172010-05-28T00:49:11.199+01:002010-05-28T00:49:11.199+01:00Haplogroups are the names for different groups of ...Haplogroups are the names for different groups of DNA coding that scientists use, that can sometimes give an indication of ancestry. For instance, Haplogroup R1b3 is most common in Ireland, and has been linked to the Ui Neills. It's basically a fancy, scientific way of determining family relationships.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-48762964250108111952010-05-27T23:35:25.655+01:002010-05-27T23:35:25.655+01:00what's a haplogroup?
Franciscowhat's a haplogroup?<br />FranciscoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com