In 1859, Edwin L. Drake built the first commercial oil well in Pennsylvania, but it was nearly a century before oil became the major energy source. Before the mass production of automobiles, oil was mainly used for lamps. Oil demand from internal combustion engine vehicles started climbing afte...
Actually, to be fair to Norman, the sex in the Gor books is hardly gratuitous, since it’s basically the whole point of the series; but the endless, tedious essays about masculine power and the bondage fantasies that pepper his books; without the thrill of the quest or even an ...
The villains were the Daleks, a race of lethal metal pepper pots who had made their debut appearance in the second serial story of Doctor Who, and they had captured the imagination of the nation as William Hartnell, the first and then current actor to inhabit the time traveller's body, ...
Actually, to be fair to Norman, the sex in the Gor books is hardly gratuitous, since it’s basically the whole point of the series; but the endless, tedious essays about masculine power and the bondage fantasies that pepper his books; without the thrill of the quest or even an alleviat...
Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the au