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user-inactivated  ·  3866 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Ayatollahs - A look inside 1979’s subterfuge and the lead-up to the Iran-Contra scandal

That 'Simarillon' you dismiss so cruelly is my favorite piece of writing in the history of the English language. Defending it from scorn is one of my main goals in life.

Anyway yeah. I seem to recall in the past Guernica has done some really good stuff, but this was a weird read.