Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell was a 2004 fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke, occupying a proud position between Tolkien and Baum in my bookshelves.

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Back in 2012, I put up a few chapters of what I called “Misappropriated Fanfiction Theater” on this blog, where I basically re-wrote chapters of other author’s fanfics I disagreed with. It’s not something I’m very proud of, but sometimes I can’t help myself—if I see an otherwise great idea ruined by a crummy execution, I’m impelled to do something about it.

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I just realized, wiht bon Bon being a secret agent...So totally matches up with what I am doing in Fall of Starfleet. Geze, and here I was going to just have Lyra be the one of the agents, but now...

and now, the Nupitualverse.

With season 8 mostly over and anything but impressive to me aside from a few isolated episodes--which almost invariably were standalone stories having nothing to do with the greater season arc--I'm starting to come back to a thought I had earlier when I ranted about season 8 a few months ago.

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