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  • (Tears) Cold War in a Country Garden by Lindsay Gutteridge

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Sun Dec 14 13:53:55 2025

    Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge

    One very small step for a man, one giant leap for Her Majesty's Government.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@3:633/10 to All on Mon Dec 15 00:32:49 2025
    On 2025-12-14, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden

    - I'm skeptical about the presence of an antlion in a British garden.

    - There is no political subtext to "Rumania" vs. "Romania". If you
    look at the currently favored forms across European languages, it's
    a wild mix between u and o. (Before somebody gets too clever:
    French "Roumanie" falls into the u camp for this purpose.)

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Mon Dec 15 01:52:30 2025
    In article <slrn10julph.1d3g.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
    Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
    On 2025-12-14, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge
    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden

    - I'm skeptical about the presence of an antlion in a British garden.

    The author anticipated objections:

    "Ant lion," breathed Henry. "Larva of the myrmeleontid fly. I've seen
    them in Middle Europe and as far north as Finland but they're new here."
    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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