JSBlog

December 29, 2009 6:42 PM

JSblog: on varied topics inspired by working in a secondhand bookshop.
posted by brundlefly (9 comments total)

I started out researching Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream and stumbled across this post, which completely derailed me.
posted by brundlefly at 6:42 PM on December 29, 2009

Odd coincidence: I was explaining the 'Kipling swastika' to a patron just this morning.
posted by Kinbote at 7:32 PM on December 29, 2009 [1 favorite]

Wombats.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 8:36 PM on December 29, 2009

(This is written by Ray Girvan, who used to blog at the excellent old Apothecary's Drawer blog)
posted by growabrain at 8:40 PM on December 29, 2009

Damn that Kipling post is nice. Thanks, brundlefly; looks like a cool little blog.

And yes, I have three Kipling swastika spines in the next room next to this one, and a couple of other early 20th-c swastika book appearances. When I die one of my Jewish relatives is going to raise an eyebrow or two.
posted by mediareport at 8:43 PM on December 29, 2009

Ah, growabrain, that explains the excellence here. It's so much fun to watch a sharp mind wander intelligently over the web.
posted by mediareport at 8:44 PM on December 29, 2009

(This is written by Ray Girvan, who used to blog at the excellent old Apothecary's Drawer blog)

You mean .. (drumroll) .. MetaFilter's own raygirvan.
posted by verstegan at 1:05 AM on December 30, 2009

Worthy post. I've been casually following Ray's output for a while and have always meant to look deeper into the long list in his blogger profile.
posted by peacay at 1:51 AM on December 30, 2009 [1 favorite]

Has it really taken this long for this great site to hit MetaFilter? Excellent post, brundlefly!
posted by languagehat at 3:20 PM on December 30, 2009