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Personae: an alternate Contents via emanant Olympians
  [added quotations]
United 93
  [added note & link]
Paul Greengrass CB Kurtz
Rocket Ship Galileo
  [added note]
Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson
Ship That Found Herself, The Rudyard Kipling RW Franson

Robert A. Heinlein at Troynovant
  [added quotation]
Lost in Google Earth
  or, Modern Geography
C Kalescky
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Conran / Law / Paltrow / Jolie   S Cook
We Also Walk Dogs
  [added note]
Robert A. Heinlein R Grube
Fog Willy Ley RW Franson
Our Fair City
  [added note]
Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson
Do You Wanna Date My Avatar Felicia Day / The Guild RW Franson
Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech Gordonaires RW Franson
Speaking through Texts
  a local habitation and a name
  [added quotation]
Soundies [new index]
  shorter musical films of song and/or dance,
  music videos

Death of a Swagman Arthur W. Upfield RW Franson

Post Office to Offer Appendix Removal on Saturdays

NO Coulter
Reichstag Fire, The
  Legend and Truth
Fritz Tobias RW Franson
Mix Pictures of the Mind
  the light of evening
  [added quotation]
Dead Man's Brother, The Roger Zelazny RW Franson
Disclaimers and Dedications
  enter as a small Prologue, disarmingly
  [added quotation]
ReFuture at Troynovant
  history of science fiction
  [added link]
Wicker Wonderland Keith Laumer RW Franson
Brass God, The
  [added etext link]
Keith Laumer RW Franson
Strategies from the Past: Boycott
  Non-Political Persuasion in Society
  [added link]
W McElroy

Great Dan Patch, The Joe Newman / Gail Russell RW Franson
Schooling at Troynovant
  school, college, learning
  [added quotations & note]
Friedrich Nietzsche at Troynovant
  [added illustration]
Prisoner's Base
  (Out Goes She)
Rex Stout RW Franson
Progressives and Anarchists:
  Let's Dance ... Wait, What?
SE Jordan
Silent Speaker, The Rex Stout RW Franson

Advice to Sarah Palin From the Know-It-Alls
  A Satirical Journey
Nicole O. Coulter RW Franson
Low Flying Planes, Subway Trains and Automobiles A Brown
Warfare at Troynovant
  war, general weaponry,
  & philosophy of war
  [added link]
Say's Law
  or the Law of Markets
WH Stoddard
Stealing Elections
  How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
  [added edition data]
John Fund RW Franson
Rhetoric or Else
  persuasive speech, or — ?
  [added quotations]
Basic Writings of Nietzsche
  (edited & translated by Walter Kaufmann)
Friedrich Nietzsche RW Franson

ComWeb at Troynovant
  communications, computing, codes, networks, the Web
  [added quotation]

God in a Garden, A Theodore Sturgeon RW Franson
Existence Exists
  or the Modern Parmenides
WH Stoddard
Best of Rilke, The
  (translated by Walter Arndt)
Rainer Maria Rilke RW Franson
Robert Heinlein Interview, The
  and Other Heinleiniana
J. Neil Schulman RW Franson
Portable Nietzsche, The
  (edited & translated by Walter Kaufmann)
Friedrich Nietzsche RW Franson
Right to Die, A Rex Stout RW Franson
Pierce-Arrow Automobiles
  1901-1938
WR Franson
Books by Title (all indexes)
  [added illustration]

By Ships Alone
  Churchill and the Dardanelles
Jeffrey D. Wallin RW Franson
Kitchen Romances
  The Constable and the Maid
K Resta
To the People of Sangamo County
  New Salem, Illinois: 9 March 1832
  [added illustration]
Abraham Lincoln RW Franson
Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein, The
  [combining collections —
  Waldo & Magic, Inc.
  The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag]
Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson

Reviewing versus Bookselling
  or, Not Selling Books Here
  [added illustration]

RW Franson
Leo Strauss and Nietzsche Laurence Lampert RW Franson
Rubber Band, The Rex Stout RW Franson
Books by Author (all indexes)
  [added illustration]

Contra Dust-Jackets
  A Fetish of Protectionism
  [added illustration]
RW Franson
Writings
  [added illustration]
George Washington RW Franson
Goldfish Bowl Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson
Hobbyist Eric Frank Russell RW Franson
Livelong at Troynovant
  longevity & immortality
  [added quotation]
Hupmobile Automobiles
  1908-1940
WR Franson

Philosophy at Troynovant
  nature of existence; history of ideas
  [added illustration]

Mentality at Troynovant
  the mind & mental operation
  [added quotation]
Guise at Troynovant
  roles, disguise, acting, reenactment
  [added quotation]
Advertisement Touching a Holy War
  (Laurence Lampert edition)
  [added illustration]
Francis Bacon RW Franson

Poetry at Troynovant
  poets & poetic inspiration
  [added quotation]

Gambit Rex Stout RW Franson
Immortal Storm, The
  A History of Science Fiction Fandom
  [added illustration]
Sam Moskowitz RW Franson
Shells and Shooting
  [added illustration]
Willy Ley RW Franson
Geared Way, Way Down
  A Parable of Efficiency
WR Franson
Before I Die Rex Stout RW Franson
Anglo-American Title Changes
  Interior Translation in English
RW Franson,
JM Franson

Final Encyclopedia, The

Gordon R. Dickson RW Franson

Null-A series
  [updated links, added edition data]
A. E. van Vogt RW Franson
J.R.R. Tolkien at Troynovant
  [added link]
Freddy and the Ignormus Walter R. Brooks RW Franson
Now Inhale
  [the Towers of Hanoi story]
Eric Frank Russell RW Franson
Poirot Loses a Client
  (Dumb Witness)
Agatha Christie RW Franson
My First Car
  1927 Chevrolet Coupe
WR Franson
Laundry with Dogs
  A Green-Clean Solution
RW Franson
Rickenbacker Automobiles
  1922-1927
WR Franson
How Many Wheels?
  Early Three-Cornered Cars
WR Franson
Stearns-Knight Automobiles
  1911-1929
WR Franson

Torch Christopher Anvil RW Franson
Revolt
  [updated link]
Christopher Anvil RW Franson
Luck versus Auto Accidents
  With Some Scrapes and Escapes
WR Franson
Day-Nite Garage, The
  Eugene, Oregon 1939-1941
  [added paragraphs]
WR Franson
Sandy River Service Station
  Troutdale, Oregon 1938-1939
  [added links]
WR Franson
Lincoln at Cooper Union
  The Speech That Made
  Abraham Lincoln President
Harold Holzer RW Franson
Fear the Boom and Bust
  a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
Papola / Roberts WH Stoddard
American Civil War at Troynovant
  1860-1865; freedom & slavery,
  campaigns and battles
Sarah From Alaska
  The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education
  of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy
  & Shushannah Walshe
CB Kurtz
Imps in the Websites
  Blunders of Enthusiasm
RW Franson

Celebrated Jumping Frog
  of Calaveras County, The
Mark Twain RW Franson
Transport at Troynovant
  ships, trains, autos, aircraft, spacecraft
You Could Look It Up James Thurber RW Franson
Algebra of John Maynard Keynes, The WH Stoddard
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
  [added links]
Edward FitzGerald RW Franson
Surprises: flashes and blinks from assorted items at Troynovant
  [added quotation]
Teasers: enticing snippets from assorted items at Troynovant
  [added quotation]
Reagan's Revolution
  (the 1976 nomination campaign)
Craig Shirley RW Franson
Tolkien and Chivalry
  [added illustration]
S Farrell

Reversible Klondike
  Alternate History Solitaire
RW Franson
Telephonic Conversation, A Mark Twain RW Franson
Complete Far Side, The Gary Larson RW Franson
Exquisite Rebel
  Voltairine de Cleyre
S Presley
Encounter with an Interviewer, An Mark Twain RW Franson
Living in the Current Middle Ages
  Discover The Society for Creative Anachronism
  [added link]
S Farrell
Contributors A-Z; Franson family; William H. Stoddard
  [contributor indexes]
Model T Ford
  1908-1927
  [added link]
WR Franson
Essential Hal Clement, The - Volume 1
  Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter
Hal Clement RW Franson
When is a Fish also a Sport?
  [added link]
S Farrell

Iceworld Hal Clement RW Franson
Brown Hawk Down
  Abilene, Texas
JK Thorp
Champagne for One Rex Stout RW Franson
How to Govern a Kingdom
  [added link]
Suzie Garfield RW Franson
Driving Past the Pentagon
  Washington, D.C. 9-11-2001
  [added link]
Jack Kelly
Death of a Doxy Rex Stout RW Franson
Act Naturally Beatles RW Franson
Murder by the Book Rex Stout RW Franson
Do You Wish to Read My Mind?
  Mind Encryption is Here!
C Benninghoff
Malakand Field Force, The
  An Episode of Frontier War
  [added links]
Winston S. Churchill RW Franson

Ayn Rand at Troynovant
Lincoln and the Tools of War Robert V. Bruce RW Franson
Freddy the Politician
  [updated link]
Walter R. Brooks RW Franson
Freddy's Cousin Weedly
  [updated link]
Walter R. Brooks RW Franson
If Ever You Wanted One Thing Twice
  Zarathustra as Blues Singer
  [added links]
RW Franson
Brick Moon, The Edward Everett Hale RW Franson
Vanishing Private, The (Donald Duck) Disney / King RW Franson
Donald's Ostrich (Donald Duck) Disney / King RW Franson
Bubba Ho-Tep Coscarelli / Campbell RW Franson

Jack of Eagles James Blish RW Franson
Is It Time to Establish a British Libertarian Party? W McElroy
Gun with Wings, The Rex Stout RW Franson
Troywards
  Troy traveling, To and Again
  [added quotation]
Objectivist Newsletter, The
  1962-1965
Ayn Rand
  & Nathaniel Branden
RW Franson
Objectivist, The
  1966-1971
Ayn Rand
  & Nathaniel Branden
RW Franson
Self-Published Authors
  in the Printed-Paper Era
RW Franson
Walpurgisnacht Roger Zelazny RW Franson

Earl of Louisiana, The A. J. Liebling RW Franson
General Contents
  [added Facebook link (for RWF)]
Fortress Hoover and the Vigilantes
  Who Will Wake the Watched?
  [added links]
RW Franson
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up Dave Barry RW Franson
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs Dave Barry RW Franson
Death on the Nile Agatha Christie RW Franson
W.S.C. - A Cartoon Biography Fred Urquhart RW Franson
Our Famous Guest
  Mark Twain in Vienna
  [updated link]
Carl Dolmetsch BA Lopez

Impending Crisis, The
  1848-1861
David M. Potter RW Franson
Some Buried Caesar Rex Stout RW Franson
Anti-Recipes for Coffee
  Germany
  [added paragraph, illustration]
RW Franson
Sweet Science, The
  Boxing and Boxiana — A Ringside View
A. J. Liebling RW Franson
I Was Ejected from a Spaceship
  San Diego 1958
  [added illustration]
WR Franson
Explorers of the Infinite
  Shapers of Science Fiction
Sam Moskowitz RW Franson
Queen's Gambit, The
  [added link]
Walter Tevis RW Franson

Escapade Walter Satterthwait RW Franson
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The James Thurber RW Franson
Theory of Elementary Waves, The
  A New Explanation of Fundamental Physics
Lewis E. Little DM Sandin
Hercule Poirot's Early Cases Agatha Christie JM Franson
Last of the Winnebagos, The
  [added bibliographic note]
Connie Willis RW Franson
Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, The Robert A. Heinlein WH Stoddard
Innocents Abroad, The
  [added link]
Mark Twain RW Franson

Topless in Ilium Wolcott Gibbs RW Franson

Gaming at Troynovant
  games, sports, strategy, tactics
  [added quotation]

Black Orchids Rex Stout JM Franson
Cordially Invited to Meet Death Rex Stout JM Franson
Dead and Buried?
  The Horrible History of Bodysnatching
Norman Adams JM Franson
Statistics and Environmentalists
  The Case of Bjorn Lomborg
  [added link]
RW Franson
Quincunx of Time, The James Blish RW Franson
One City
  [Edinburgh stories]
OneCity Trust JM Franson

Romance of American Communism, The Vivian Gornick RW Franson
Confined Choices
  Door, Corridor, & Maze Stories
  [added link]
RW Franson
Civil War Day by Day, The
  An Almanac, 1861-1865
E. B. Long RW Franson
Nobody Saw the Ship Murray Leinster RW Franson
Writings and Drawings James Thurber RW Franson
Orphans of Chaos
  [added link]
John C. Wright WH Stoddard
Book Packagers' Dos and Don'ts
  A suggested checklist for
  Editors, Publishers, & Publicists
RW Franson

Grey Seas Under, The Farley Mowat RW Franson
Trapped in the Sea of Stars Fritz Leiber RW Franson
Is Atlas Shrugging?
  Boston: 19 April 1964
Ayn Rand RW Franson
Zenith and Decline
  The Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order
  in the Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries
  [updated link]
JM Franson
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning Fleischer / Berlin RW Franson
Tale of Two Clocks, A
  [added paragraph, link]
James H. Schmitz RW Franson
Telzey Amberdon (collection)
  [added paragraph, link]
James H. Schmitz RW Franson

Postage-Stamp Countries
  .cc - .to - .tv - .ws etc
  [updated links, added links]
RW Franson
Fluttering Hearts Parrott / Chase RW Franson
Shells and Shooting Willy Ley RW Franson
Thus Spoke Howard Roark
  The Transformation of Nietzschean Ideas
  in The Fountainhead
LH Hunt
Village School Miss Reed
  (Dora Saint)
JM Franson
Lady on a Train David / Durbin RW Franson
Atlas Shrugged as Science Fiction
  Two Reviews in Astounding, 1958
RW Franson
Dodkin's Job Jack Vance RW Franson

Pleasures of Afternoon Tea, The Angela Hynes JM Franson
Campaigning in the World of Atlas Shrugged
  [added illustration]
WH Stoddard
Maltese Falcon, The (film) Huston / Bogart RW Franson
Famous Druids, The
  A survey of three centuries
  of English literature on the Druids
A. L. Owen RW Franson
Lovecraft as Astronomer
  [added observatory link]
RW Franson
Homer's Contest
  [added bibliographic note]
Friedrich Nietzsche RW Franson
Hollow, The
  (Murder After Hours)
Agatha Christie RW Franson
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series Fritz Leiber RW Franson

LitCrit at Troynovant
  critiques in and around literary criticism
  [added quotation]

Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia
  of Science and Technology
Isaac Asimov RW Franson

Space-Time for Springers Fritz Leiber WH Stoddard
Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Agatha Christie RW Franson
Siege of Vienna, The
  [updated link]
John Stoye RW Franson
Off Armageddon Reef David Weber WH Stoddard
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Whedon / Harris RW Franson
Cat Among the Pigeons Agatha Christie RW Franson
Between Planets
  [added reprint note & link]
Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson
Bookstore Questions and Answers
  [added link]
DG Wills

Rolling Stones, The
  [added reprint note & link]

Robert A. Heinlein RW Franson

Time at Troynovant
  temporal philosophy and travel
  [added quotation]

  

  
[Troy.]

Alexander (Cressida's servant):

The noise goes this: there is among the Greeks
A lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector;
They call him Ajax.

Cressida:

                          Good, and what of him? ...

Alexander:

This man, lady, hath robbed many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant — a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crushed into folly, his folly farced with discretion. There is no man hath a virtue that he hath not a glimpse of, nor any man an attaint but he carries some stain of it. ...

William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida, 1.2.12-23

  


  
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