Monday, October 11, 2021

The Steerswoman & the Wood Gnome

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The Steerswoman  is the first of what is currently a four-book series  by Rosemary Kirstein, with more entries apparently planned. It was or...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Living in a Hyperbolic Universe

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 A few years ago, there was a question on the Worldbuilding StackExchange site about living on a hyperbolic plane. This turns out to be a p...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Shadowscent: The Darkest Conlang

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Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom and Shadowscent: Crown of Smoke together compose the Shadowscent Duology (beware the Amazon Affiliate lin...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

The Mandalorian & Tusken Sign Language

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A long time ago, in a language community far, far away, a bounty hunter negotiated with some desert nomads in a sign language.... Two episod...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Into the Night of Language Diversity

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Into the Night is a 2020 Belgian Netflix-original series (apparently inspired by the Polish sci-fi novel The Old Axolotl  [beware the Amazo...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Война et Paix: French in the Great Russian Novel

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 — Eh bien, mon prince. Gênes et Lucques ne sont plus que des apanages, des поместья, de la famille Buonaparte. Non, je vous préviens que si...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

British Sign Language in _Doctor Who_

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Under the Lake  and Before the Flood , episodes 3 and 4 of Doctor Who , series 9  (Amazon affiliate link), are notable for featuring a Deaf ...