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I kept expecting a wizard, but all I got was Richard Nixon.

December 16, 2016 by ingres77 2 Comments

The aura that surrounds John F. Kennedy is, by itself, worthy of enough attention to warrant a book all by itself. From his familial history to his infamous relationship with women to his storied political career and untimely, traumatizing assassination, few Americans are both so well known and mysterious. I’ve stated before my intention to read a biography on every president. This goal grew out of a plan to rank every president (plus Jefferson Davis) by various criteria. I generally have that done already, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bay of Pigs, Camelot's Court, Civil Rights Act, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, john f kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert Dallek, Soviet Union, Vietnam

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:105 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bay of Pigs, Camelot's Court, Civil Rights Act, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, john f kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert Dallek, Soviet Union, Vietnam ·
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Where we’re going, we don’t need any… actually, yeah. Why don’t we at least bring some supplies.

January 13, 2016 by ingres77 4 Comments

The 1960 Rod Taylor film, of the same name, was in steady rotation when I was a kid. I don’t think I’ve seen it in 25 years, though, so I only have the vaguest memories of it. In my mind, the Morlocks looked like Blanka from Super Street Fighter II, and the access points to their underground layer looked remarkably like the concrete sewer risers in my hometown. When I was 10, the city began work on a large system of culverts just outside my […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Cuban Missile Crisis, street fighter II, time travel

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Cuban Missile Crisis, street fighter II, time travel ·
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