Joel Myers > Recent Status Updates

"We will have a corner on hell!"

Let's go, baby.

I'm starting to doubt: (a) the sincerity of this Caesar fellow, seems a bit overambitious; (b) that Cicero and Clodius are ever going to just kiss already and quit the bickering and gang violence; and (c) whether Cato would be very fun at parties

Back at it again with the multipolar great power struggles lfg

Say what you will about about Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at least there's an ethos.
Alternatively, it ought be noted that Mithridates needed a wheelbarrow.

Say what you will about the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, at least his delicate position delivered realpolitik great power plotting. Getting a lot of West Virginia Palace intrigue right now

His sister was a witch; she wore a crown and she came down in a bubble, bro

Every third page I smack my forehead in disbelief at the unbelievably poor decision making and lack of critical thinking. But aside from demonstrating bumbling fools, what's the result of these stories? Lost decades in inhumane prisons, unresolved agony for victims' families, and devastated communities. Not uplifting, but eye opening.

If you don't love me at my mystical religious legend-building, you can't have me at my intergalactic political thriller

These guys are seriously tripping

Seems like this Paul guy sure is making something of himself

"plans within plans within plans"

Bad feeling about this Strauss character

Getting the feeling this Charles Fox character might not like George very much

If Leslie Groves didn't care that he was communist, then neither should you

Any author who uses "writ large" *properly* is well on their way to a high rating from me.

Ellis is master of his craft