Raritania
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Social Class in Robert Ludlum's Novels
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I remember years ago reading James William Gibson's comment on the Tom Clancy-style military techno-thriller as a white collar counter...
Monday, January 10, 2022
Making Sense of WGN's Transformation into NewsNation
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I recall being perplexed by WGN's decision to become a part-time news channel ("NewsNation"). After all, we had been hearing f...
Remembering Larry Bond and Patrick Larkin's
Cauldron
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At this stage of things there seems little more worth saying about just how far removed from reality the realism-peddling military techno-th...
Just How Realistic Was the "Realistic" Techno-Thriller?
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The military techno-thriller has always been sold on the basis of the plausibility of its scenarios, and the realism of their treatment. The...
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Why
JAG
Was an Older Person's Show: Reflections
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Donald Bellisario's JAG had a ten season run and provided the platform for the launch of one of the twenty-first century's biggest ...
On the Reputation of CBS as the Older Viewers' Network
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I have recently had occasion to think about CBS' reputation as, well, an older person's TV channel. One explanation for that reput...
Monday, January 3, 2022
How Has Robert Ludlum's Readership Held Up Over the Years?
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When I was researching The James Bond We Forget I found myself looking for empirically useful indications of the readership of the James B...
Saturday, December 4, 2021
New and Noteworthy (Collected)
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Back in the '00s, with social media rather less developed and utilized, it was not uncommon for bloggers to post little announcements or...
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