Mar. 27th, 2012

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I've been reading An American Melodrama, which is an account of the 1968 US presidential election written by three (London) Times journalists and published in 1969. This means, of course, that I have a better idea of "what happens next" than the authors did - ain't 50/50 historical hindsight grand? It leads to some discombobulating moments. Take, for example, the authors' assessment of "Tricky" Dick Nixon's character (apparently not nearly as black as it was painted). Or a coupld of paragraphs mentioning a young economist on Nixon's campaign staff - Alan Greenspan.

As far as fictional historical weirdness goes, I've been listening to Jago & Litefoot. For those who haven't heard, these audio dramas are spinoffs from Doctor Who's "Talons of Weng Chiang, in which Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) and Jago (the incomparable Christopher Benjamin) investigate mysterious and nefarious goings-on in Victorian. The CDs are well worth the time for fans of steampunk!

(Crossposted to my Livejournal account.)

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