The Age of Madness trilogy had the most depressing ending of all. The victorious faction were so awful that I actually found myself rooting for Bayaz (!) by the end. And, even Abercrombie is upbeat, … (View Post)

More likely, it would push Reform into the mid-thirties, at the Conservatives’ expense. (View Post)

It’s difficult to see how Iran could function as a State, following the destruction of every main population centre, and most of its armed forces. (View Post)

I have very grave doubts about Reform. But, given the endless scandals and cover ups that the current political establishment are guilty of (ably detailed by Cyclefree, over the years), I find it har… (View Post)

The fallacy of such arguments is the belief that if you alter one thing, the outcome will be predictable. In practice, if you change one thing, you will change multiple things, in ways that you canno… (View Post)