The Obersalzberg
Of all Hitler's residences during his time as a political figure, his favorite by far was his home on the Obersalzberg, near the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian…
Is It Your Dream To See Me Read Fiction?
Then here's one way to make the dream come true, via a one shot of me reading from the second chapter of Summer of Long Knives. Thanks to the Vios Cafe…
Is “Battle of the Year” The Next Crap Classic?
The AVClub doesn't just throw the F grades around, but they did for the new dance flick, Battle of the Year: Too incompetent to work as an underdog dance flick,…
Summer of Long Knives is (Officially) Out.
Summer of Long Knives is now officially out. I strongly encourage you to buy it, or to borrow it from someone who has. (Of course, I would do that, but…
Dear Jonathan Franzen,
I understand I've come to this a bit late, but a cold kept me under covers and (mostly) off computers earlier this week. Judging from your Guardian column, if you'd…
A Brief But Illuminating Chat About Summer of Long Knives (Spoilers)
JZ Bingham, one of my early readers, chatted with me on Twitter about one of the major characters of Summer of Long Knives, and I thought I'd share it with you.…
Julius Streicher and Der Stürmer
When you're a member of a political party that includes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Alfred Rosenberg, Heinrich Himmler, and Reinhard Heydrich, and they call you "Jew-Baiter Number One", you know…
I Am An (Anxiety) Dreamweaver
Scott Southard, keeper of a blog of literary musings, wrote a humorous post on literary genres, and the factionalism they encourage, that got me thinking about how I choose to…
Dear Bob Orci
Mr Orci, I understand the Trek fans, or at least some subset of Trek fans, have been getting to you lately, distracting you from the pleasures of your friendship with…
Doctors In the Third Reich
Given the Nazi emphasis on the maintenance both of pure blood and the body of the German volk, it should surprise no one that the Nazis had a special interest…