History Squid

I bet many of you have come upon this -- and probably have opinions. I have a few but am not so learned as Clute nor so presumptuous as the creator of this wonder, Ward Shelley, so I will (for the moment) hold my peace. I do know (and my new version of it, on the way slowly -- my fault -- from Small Beer Press, will prove it) that The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz belongs with the forebears.

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Cleverest idea was to send certain tentacles down their own holes, leading to Harry Potter or Crime Fiction etc.