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The Growing Good of the World is Partly Dependent on Unhistoric Acts
Odin has new thoughts for you, and a new research article to share!
Odin Halvorson
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Wars and Books and Workshop Tales
In which Odin discusses his writing at some length, and waxes morose about the nature of war.
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Tomorrow is a Rest Day... and Other Lies.
Don't put off the rest you need today, for an imagined rest tomorrow.
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For Auld Lang Syne!
Odin's farewell to 2023, ruminations on the pandemicine, and a suggestion for the year ahead.
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Odin Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
With a Christmas film recommendation and a book about cheese.
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Happy Solstice from Odin!
Shadow-purposes, Baldur's Gate, and more.
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From Odin, 2023's Penultimate Newsletter... or is it?
Details on format changes, news from the world, big updates on my novel and writing, lots of video content, and more!
Politics
Henry Kissinger — The Wicked Witch is Dead
On the nature of centralized power’s inevitable corruption.
Review
Without the Cliff by Caitlin Coey — A Review
Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Critiques, genius, and how art can change the world. When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a couple of books to read: Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. I’d never exactly been
Holding Onto the Future
What really robbed us wasn’t the pandemic. I just finished reading a poignant article by Rachel Hislop entitled “Testing My Fertility at the End of My World”. It’s a personal essay with some melancholic teeth, and is the first in a series I’m certain to continue reading.
Libraries on the Front Line: Amazon and the Last of the Big Fish
How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no question on this issue: electronic books provide easier access to knowledge and entertainment for people than has ever before been possible. Hundreds, even thousands of books can be carried around