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Central London history / mystery book meet…?

Posted by nickpelling on Nov 15th, 2008 - 2 comments.
Here's a quicky idea... I have (possibly literally) a ton of books in my library, most of which seems to revolve around early modern / Renaissance history, telescopes, ciphers, and themes touching on aspects of the Voynich Manuscript. And somehow the mound keeps on growing, week on week. Even though I love them all, I can appreciate that (actually) this is a bit of ...

When is something "much too much"?

Posted by nickpelling on Jul 15th, 2008.
Or rather, when does "too much" suddenly become "much too much"? My old friend Gary Liddon (Hi Gaz!) used to find great amusement in finding (and sometimes purposely going out of his way to create) examples of "much too much", which he took to mean "so far 'too much' that it becomes comic (or tragic)". As far as the Voynich Manuscript ...