Ed asks: Why aren’t historical cycles bunk? Resources Mentioned: Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan
Sarah asks: “How will the covid-19 epidemic affect China’s future?”
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On the ninth day of our challenge, a writer has a breakthrough and our gang talks about history in our lifetimes. Resources Mentioned: 117BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, Eric H Cline Word Count: Dan: 2300 Kitty: 1003 Tori: 200 Ben: 136 Dede: 0 Cumulative: Dan: 11904 Kitty: 2961 Tori: 3798 …
Subscribe Here! On the third day of our challenge, our participants continue to deal with illness and breakthroughs. We discuss managing continuity in big universes. Today’s Word Counts: Dan 2058 Tori 780 Ben 415 Kitty 377 DD 0 Word Count Totals: Dan 5444 Tori 1930 DD 1363 Kitty 947 Ben …
Roland asks: “Can you elaborate on changes in conversational style and dialog tags then (1960s and earlier) vs. now? Are these changes linear or cyclical?” Resources Mentioned At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft Conan the Barbarian Series by Robert E Howard The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur …
Subscribe Here! Robert has feedback and a correction for Episode 602
Subscribe Here! Today we introduce a series of questions from high school student Jason doing on a project on expertise, who asks: “I’m writing a story in which one can steal powers from those they kill. What fictional or real-world sources can I draw from?”
Subscribe Here! Jeanne asks: “What about a medical apocalypse? Either as the cause or effect of the collapse of civilization?” Resources Mentioned 1491 by Charles C. Mann Earth Abides by George Stewart The Stand by Stephen King The Walking Dead (TV and comic series) Resident Evil film series I Am Legend by Richard …
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: As a follow up to ep 499 – How would being a slave shape a character’s personality? Resources mentioned Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Gulag Archipeligo by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn How the Scots Invented the Modern World David Hume: The Essential Philosophical Works Two …
