Why Serials?

Why Serials?

Lately I've been wallowing in a guilty enjoyment of archaic Flash Gordon serials. Serials? What are science fiction serials, wondering the contemporary boob? Count Chocula on the deck of the Enterprise?  No, no: serials are linked short stories or chapters of books...

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The Intelligent Poor

The Intelligent Poor

“The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every step, listens suspiciously to every word he hears from the people he meets; thus, every step he takes presents a problem, a task,...