Goldwag's Journal on Civilization

(See Full Size Image) It’s easy to forget sometimes that Star Trek, for all of its utopian optimism, is essentially a franchise about a post-apocalyptic Earth.

TITLE: The Philosophical Strangler AUTHOR: Eric Flint SERIES: Joe’s World PUBLISHER: Baen DATE: 2001 Man, I miss Eric Flint.

We were all set for The Odyssey to be our summer discourse.

(Source) To the Classical World of Greece and Rome, the edge of the known world was marked by the Straits of Gibraltar–or as they knew it as, the Pillars of Hercules.

“Strange is the night where black stars rise/and strange moons circle through the skies/but stranger still is—Lost Carcosa.” – The King in Yellow, Robert W.

Athena Appearing To Odysseus To Reveal The Island Of Ithaca, by Giuseppe Bottani I have owned a copy of The Odyssey since we read some excerpts from it in my junior year of high school English class, when we did a module on oral traditions of storytelling,

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that maps and history are two of my favorite things.

A week ago, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for Southern states to reimpose discriminatory maps that strip representation from African-American populations.

I think Texan singer-songwriter James McMurtry is one of the greatest living lyricists in America.

TITLE: The Folded Sky AUTHOR: Elizabeth Bear SERIES: White Space PUBLISHER: Saga Press DATE: 2025 Is this the most recent book I’ve reviewed on here?