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Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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Dr Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two. This is the world's #1 archaeology blog according to Technorati.
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Donkey Shot
I'm reading Steven L. Kent's engrossing 2001 book The Ultimate History of Video Games, and of course it reminds me of a lot of games I played as a kid. My first real video games were played on the...Posted on September 30, 2008 9:09 AM • 11 Comments •
New Swedish Fantasy Novel
My erudite friend Florence Vilén (historian of religion, haiku poet, aficionado of gems and classical music) has published her first novel in Swedish. Tungelblodet ("Blood of the Moon") is high fantasy set in a northern archipelago where wind-witches help fishermen...Posted on September 29, 2008 1:36 PM • 7 Comments •
Book Review: Alsdorf, Auf den Spuren
Things were grim in the Third Reich in the spring of 1945.Posted on August 28, 2008 2:52 PM • 9 Comments •
Ocular Character Recognition
The CAPTCHA project uses brain time that would otherwise just go to waste.Posted on August 20, 2008 1:56 PM • 6 Comments •
Apocryphal Moomin Land
Naantali is a small coastal town near Turku in Finland. The name is a fennicisation of Sw. Nådendal, which in turn stems from the name of a Bridgetine abbey founded there in the 15th century. Vallis Gratia, "Valley of Grace"....Posted on August 15, 2008 4:12 PM • 5 Comments •
Book Review: Davidson, Doctor Eszterhazy
Having read what I had to say about Orsinian Tales, Ursula K. LeGuin's 1976 collection of short stories set in an alternative Balkans, Dear Reader Tty suggested that I read Avram Davidson's Doctor Eszterhazy stories. For this I thank him...Posted on August 1, 2008 9:11 AM • 4 Comments •
LeGuin Physics Bug
Since some time in the early 80s I've laboured delightedly and intermittently to catch up with Ursula K. LeGuins oeuvre. I've covered her collections of short fiction and essays, and I will soon have her novels done, leaving the poetry...Posted on June 30, 2008 4:58 AM • 6 Comments •
Surrealist Love Story
Over at Podcastle, I just heard an amazing reading/performance of an amazing surrealist love story, "Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery". It was written by John Schoffstall, first published as text two years ago, and read by Heather Lindsley at Random...Posted on June 23, 2008 1:32 PM • 1 Comments •
Time Travel Story
[More blog entries about fiction, timetravel, sf, sciencefiction; sf, sciencefiction, tidsresor, litteratur, novell]Alvin Gavel just graduated from high school. (He's the son of Aard regular Kai who keeps the bilingual Pointless Anecdotes blog.) This young man has to my knowledge...Posted on June 10, 2008 2:01 PM • 2 Comments •
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