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    What if legends and fairytales were history?

    The issue with that is that there might be less of a basis for Charlemagne to be crowned Emperor of the Romans. A bit like the Alexander Romances, some legends get a bit wobbly when they intersect with fairly important and well documented known bits of recorded history. In such as case, we'd...
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    Leslie Fish's Music

    My love of filk was forged by stumbling upon Carmen Miranda's Ghost many years ago, so this is quite a nice touch.
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    What if legends and fairytales were history?

    Firstly, sorry for the delayed reply - working through Christmas and New Year makes for a very busy time. I'm not sure whether I will post my DE works here, on account of some of the rights issue (not that it is really a major issue in any event), but it is around on a few other sites. Being...
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    What if legends and fairytales were history?

    I've worked with the original notion of 'all legends and folktales being actual history' in my Dark Earth works over the last 18 years. Given the sheer range of legends, mythology and folk stories out there, I find it best to adopt an approach whereby some of the Earthly legends/myths are the...
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    What would be necessary conditions for battleships in the modern era?

    The first stage would be to have a gun (rail or otherwise) that can fire further than the range of carrier based airpower or missiles and have it very cheap in comparison. There wouldn't be any sense of triple turrets or a particular calibre, but rather what would be needed for a land attack...
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