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Missive #197 Published 7 January 2024

Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers

Agrippa XI
by James Winthrop
To the People

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Missive #196 Published 6 January 2024

This is the second book in the Tale of Krispos trilogy and the sixth in the Videssos Cycle. A continuation of a good story by Turtledove with only one more book remaining to be read in this Series and the Cycle.

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Missive #195 Published 5 January 2024

16. NASRUDDIN AND THE GOAT

Nasruddin and his neighbor were quarreling.
“You stink worse than a goat!” his neighbor said, so Nasruddin took him to court for slander.
The judge said, “Bring in a goat for comparison.”
They brought in a goat, and when the judge leaned down to sniff the goat, he fainted. That’s how bad the goat smelled.

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Missive #194 Published 4 January 2024

This is the first book in a tetralogy with the fourth one just published in 2023. I plan on reading them all if I can find them free (I can wait). It is a good book but I have a warning; it is one of the very few books that has had me tear up.

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Missive #193 Published 3 January 2024

The author is known more for his poetry that his prose but this book was a joy to read. He is also criticized for his focus on death but I did not find that be be so in this book. He has a couple of others that I will read when I get to them.

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Missive #192 Published 2 January 2024

This book is the first in the series of 18. I'll read some more and see if they continue to interest me. The series has been classed as SiFi, Plulp SiFi, Alternative History and Fantasy perhaps others. I don't know if there is genre for speculative future fantasy but that is what I think this is. It does not get very good customer reviews at goodreads.com; mostly because of some VERY poor reviews by 'woke' readers. If you are not woke you might like it.

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Missive #190 Published 31 December 2023

Continuing The Federalist Papers.

Federalist No. 11
The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:

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Missive #189 Published 29 December 2023

15. NASRUDDIN AND THE SLAP

A man slapped Nasruddin on the face, so Nasruddin took the man to court, accusing him of assault.

The judge ordered that the man must give Nasruddin a gold coin by way of damages.

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Missive #188 Published 28 December 2023

I don't know that this book is the nightmare that it has been cracked up to be but I do agree that it is wacky. I may give Chesterton's books another try and see if he writes in the same style.

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