Joe Abercrombie summed it up well in The Heroes. One character asks the wizard Bayaz why he does not use magic in war. He explains that magic is difficult, requiring things to act in ways that are no… (View Post)

What amused me was how some Japanese who believed in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy concluded it was important to be on good terms with such a powerful people. (View Post)

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Patrick Maitland narrowly lost its predecessor to Judith Hart in 1959. (View Post)