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Galaxy Magazine Free Online
The ID guide for the top authors of 1952.Along with Astounding and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Magazine was one of the more important science fiction digests in the 20th...
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The 38 States of America
Original article here.Probably nobody reading this can remember the last time the map of the United States underwent any major change. For decades, the boundaries have remained pretty fixed. And yet...
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The Hobbit Turns 80
via TOR.comIt was exactly 80 years ago that Bilbo went There and Back Again for the first time. Bilbo, the bravest little hobbit of them all.And in two short months the Rank&Bass animated version...
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Veni, Vidi, Dead: A Death Map of Roman Emperors
SourceFor more on the Roman Empire, its leaders and their deaths, check out the Totalus Rankium Twitter feed and podcast. Causes of death graph found here on Reddit. Original Article
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Navigating the Top 100 NPR SF/Fantasy Books
Source.As much of an avid reader that think I am, there are still several works on here I have not yet gotten to. The decision tree makes it so much easier for anyone looking for their particular...
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Mapping Thanksgiving
Here's what your part of America eats on Thanksgiving.Who eats what where? This Survey about Thanksgiving traditions had 1,058 respondents.Some things like chicken, pork and roast beef got cursory...
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Mapping The Amount Of Time It Takes To Learn A Foreign Language
In most RPG's there are allowances for characters with a high enough intelligence to learn additional languages. Quite a few systems are vague on the details and allow the DM to come up with his own...
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Mesomerican Map of Mexico City
This might be of some interest to some folks out there as hung up on maps as I am. The Codex Quetzalecatzin, an extremely rare colored Mesoamerican manuscript has been digitized and put online by the...
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Ursula K. Le Guin
“For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.”― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
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Largest Early Map of the World [Monte's 10 ft. Planisphere of 1587]
We in the early 21st century can call up detailed maps of almost any place on Earth with little more effort than typing its name. Most of us can dimly recall a time when it wasn't quite so easy, but...
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& Magazine #14 - Animal Companions
Download MagazineThis issue features:Included in this issue include feature articles:Animal AmalgamationsAnimal Companions …Dogs of the LakelandsBonus articles:Political Treasures in D&DAbility...
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City of Greyhawk [available again]
Granted its 2e, but still good to be back. From the description:Available now in print on demand formats:The City of Greyhawk (2e)From the high towers of its grand universities to the rancid alleys of...
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National Parks in the Style of Tolkien's Middle Earth Maps
Two things that go great together, for me at least, are maps and Tolkien. That seems to be the case for Dan Bell, an English artist who maps his homeland's national parks in an artistic style similar...
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Caverns of Thracia
Its seems like forever since the last post. Which is kinda true. Haven't had the inclination to post anything for a while now. The FtF game has switched over to Swords & Wizardry and we're...
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Harlan Ellison
Say what you will about the man, his stories were inspired/inspiring. Probably this intro by Asimov from Dangerous Visions best encapsulates some of the salient points about Ellison, besides its kinda...
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Medieval Trade Routes
From Martin Jan Månsson, a graduate student in Spatial Planning at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. Not studying cartography nor history, Månsson has produced this very detailed map of...
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Byzantine Empire Illustrations
A great deal of the Byzantine Empire of the mid-15th century lives on in the work of the French illustrator Antoine Helbert. You can see some of Helbert's work on his site, which is divided into two...
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Greyhawk Underdark Updated
It's been quite a while since I posted my updates to, at that time FtF campaign, delve into the Underdark. My online Roll20 campaign is now half way through the Giants series, and so it was time to...
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Dr. Who - Free all Month
A quick fyi: This month, Twitch is presenting a marathon streaming of classic Doctor Who episodes. Continuing through January 25th, they plan to broadcast "11 to 12 hours of new episodes per day (~27...
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Every Harrowing Second of the Apollo 11 Landing Revisited in a New NASA Video: It Took Place 50 Years Ago (July 20, 1969)To get a better sense of why the endeavor was so earthshaking, and how it almost...
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