tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post6413785999153196284..comments2024-02-28T07:12:55.042-08:00Comments on View of the marching fishes: The Apocalypse of Angers, as told by John Spencerstrasmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-43626330738914518452007-03-30T01:57:00.000-07:002007-03-30T01:57:00.000-07:00I picked that up "A Distant Mirror" on your recomm...I picked that up "A Distant Mirror" on your recommendation actually - and quite enjoyed it. You should read the Guns of August, also by Tuchman - it's even better.<BR/> The tapestry is quite amazing. Though if people actually believe the end times were coming, one wonders why they'd decide that the most important thing to do woud be to <I>weave</I> about it....strasmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-91795027264088183752007-03-29T13:18:00.000-07:002007-03-29T13:18:00.000-07:00Okay, sorry for the rapid multiple posting but per...Okay, sorry for the rapid multiple posting but perhaps you'll share my juvenile giggle that the word verification right now is, "qwuef".<BR/>I do come here for your blog, I swear.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352402507066104245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-78099774798528669102007-03-29T13:16:00.000-07:002007-03-29T13:16:00.000-07:00I read A Distant Mirror in the last year and was p...I read A Distant Mirror in the last year and was particularly struck by the point that a lot of people then really DID think the world was ending: governments were powerless or useless, a mysterious and horrific disease was killing everyone, and rapacious hordes were rampaging all over the countryside.<BR/>So, I think the Apocalypse Tapestry is about the awesomest thing I've ever heard of.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352402507066104245noreply@blogger.com