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#18 – Handbook For Spies, Alexander Foote BOOK REVIEW

My hatred for all things communist is hardly a secret. Communism doesn’t belong in the category of “political theory”. At best it’s an ideology, at worst it’s a personality disorder. I’m inclined towards the Dennis Wheatley view, that it is …

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#18 – Handbook For Spies, Alexander Foote BOOK REVIEW

My hatred for all things communist is hardly a secret. Communism doesn’t belong in the category of “political theory”. At best it’s an ideology, at worst it’s a personality disorder. I’m inclined towards the Dennis Wheatley view, that it is …

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Mastery Update Thoughts

I’ve considered numerous plans for my blog and business in 2018. On the one hand I’d like to do the “sell shit to idiots” market because that’s by far the most lucrative and also if I wanted to put out …

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#17 – Mania, Guy N. Smith BOOK REVIEW

Back in the late eighties, as a tweenie [1], I started reading my first adult novels. No, get your mind out of the gutter I don’t been that type of ‘adult’. I mean horror fiction, such as Stephen King, Shaun …

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#17 – Mania, Guy N. Smith BOOK REVIEW

Back in the late eighties, as a tweenie [1], I started reading my first adult novels. No, get your mind out of the gutter I don’t been that type of ‘adult’. I mean horror fiction, such as Stephen King, Shaun …

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#16 – Alien Virus, Alan Caillou BOOK REVIEW

Sometimes I like to take pot luck with books. Two weeks ago I decided to write “retro pulp” into the eBay search bar, for the books category, then filtered prices low to high. I spent 15 minutes browsing through listings …

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The Daygame Infinite Seminar

Regular readers will know I delivered a two-hour talk on the London Daygame Model just before Christmas. The Street Attraction team was kind enough to film it [1] and Eddie gave me the mixed video files. My plan is to …

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#15 – Empires Ascendant, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

I have now answered a question that had bothered me for a while: “how many books could I read and review in one month, if I set my mind to it?”. Most of the projects I undertake are attempts to …

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#14 – The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr BOOK REVIEW

I bought a multi-volume hardback special collection of Robert E. Howard’s Weird Tales some years ago. Each volume had an editor’s introduction and one in particular stuck with me. He was commenting how many literary sorts would poo-poo Howard’s prose …

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#13 – The Bolshevik Myth, Alexander Berkman BOOK REVIEW

You’d be forgiven for thinking I’ve lost interest in Daygame, but no. This is simply Project High Value Man limping it’s way to the finishing line in month one. I’ve had this book on my shelf since my second year …

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