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People, Politics, Plots, Paradigms -- and Stories

Posted on Jul 25, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 3, 2008

Metaphor and Reality

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Cosmology, Philosophy, Science Fiction, Writing

Newsletter, June 2010

Posted on Jun 23, 2010 | Last Updated Jun 24, 2010

newsletter and Miscon report

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philosophy, science fiction, free books

Personal History

Posted on Nov 16, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 16, 2007
Personal History

American History

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American History

Scandinavian History

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Scandinavian History

CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE

Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010

Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction

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reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character

THE REZ, PALESTINE, AND...WHATEVER BECAME OF THE NEANDERTHALS? (Feb 2010)

Posted on Feb 25, 2010 | Last Updated Jun 9, 2010

a discussion of colonialism in history

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Indian treaties, Zionism, Manifest Destiny, Trail of Tears, Sand Creek Massacre, Wounded Knee, end-times, eschatology, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Will of God

August 2011 Newsletter

Posted on Dec 19, 2011 | Last Updated Dec 19, 2011

The August 2011 John Dalmas Newsletter... arriving a little late.

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newsletter, science fiction, SpoCon, aging, air travel, personal, Patricia Briggs, Carolyn J. Cherryh, Dragon Dronet, Daniel Dos Passos, Shepherd Hoodwin

ABOUT AGING: my own story so far

Posted on Oct 5, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 10, 2008

Personal observations on my own senility, the 5th in a series on aging

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aging, senility, strokes, the brain

REALITY UNVEILED

Posted on May 6, 2010 | Last Updated May 8, 2010

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..., religion

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reality, science, creationism, God, religion, margins, God, science, International Day of Reason, William Warren