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<br/><a href="flash-verdurian.html">Flash cards for <b>Verdurian</b> </a>
<br/>Bob on <a href="bob72.html"><b>Marchenoir Library & Bolchoi Arena</b> </a>
<br/><a href="https://zompist.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/post-scarcity-anarchism/">Post-scarcity anarchism</a> (Bookchin)
<br/><a href="https://zompist.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/can-ai-be-your-netflix//">Can AI be your Netflix?
<br/><a href="almea-industrial-age.html"><b>Almea: Industrial Age</b> book </a>
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<h1>Linguistics</h1>
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<LI> <FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="langfaq.html"><b>sci.lang FAQ</b></A></FONT> Frequently asked questions about linguistics
<LI> <A HREF="numbers.shtml">The <b>numbers</b> 1 to 10 in over <b>5000</b> languages</A>.
<LI> <A HREF="proto.html">Deriving <b>Proto-World</b> with tools you probably have at home</A>. And whether you should bother.
<LI> <A HREF="chance.htm">How likely are <b>chance resemblances between languages</b>?</A> - Quite likely, really.
<li> <A HREF="langorg.htm"> <b>Proto-World</b> and the <b>Language Instinct</b> </A> Two dubious ideas working dubiously together
<li> <a href="spell.html"><b>Hau to pranounse Inglish</b></a>: The real rules of English spelling
<LI> <A HREF="yingzi/yingzi.htm"><b>Writing English Chinese-style</b></A> Because English spelling is a pain
<li> <a href="whylang.html">When do people <b>learn languages</b>?</a> And how to make them learn yours
<li> <a href="dialect.html"><b>Mangling Foreign Dialects</b>: a manual from 70 years ago</a>
<p><i>Specific languages</i>
<LI> <A HREF="quechua.html">Fun facts to know and tell about
<b>Quechua</b></A>
<LI> <A HREF="indianwd.html"><b>Amerindian</b> words in English</A>
<li> <a href="arabic.html"><b>Arabic</b> words in English</a>
<li> <a href="chinawords.html">English words from <b>Chinese</b></a>
<li> <a href="indiawords.html">English words from <b>India</b></a>
<li> <a href="flash.html"><b>Hiragana flashcards</b></a>: Gotta learn 'em all!
<li><a href="flash-hanzi.html">Hanzi flashcards</a> - Get to learnin'!
<li><a href="flash-nagari.html"><b>Devanāgarī</b> flash cards</a>
<li><a href="flash-hebrew.html">Flash cards for <b>Hebrew</b></a>
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<h1>Language Construction</h1>
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<LI> <FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="kit.html">The Language <b>Construction Kit</b></A></font>
<li> <a href="sca2.html"><b>SCA²</b> - The Sound Change Applier</a>: To apply a set of sound changes to a lexicon
<li><a href="gen.html"><b>gen</b></a> - a Javascript language generator
<li><A href="phono.html"><b>phono</b></a> - A phonology builder
<li><b>Syntax Toys</b>: <a href="ggg.html">ggg</a>, <a href="gtg.html">gtg</a> , <a href="mg.html">mg</a>
<li><a href="markov.html"><b>Messing with Markov</b></a>
<LI> <A HREF="syldavian.html"><font size=+1>Hergé's <b>Syldavian</b></font></A>: a grammar
<p><li><a href="http://www.verduria.org/">ZBB</a> : my conlanging / conworlding forum
<p><li>My own conlangs <a href="virtuver.htm">can be found here</a>
<LI> <A HREF="yingzi/yingzi.htm"><b>Writing English Chinese-style</b></A> Because English spelling is such a pain
<li><a href="cyroman.html">Cyroman</a> - a mixed Roman/Cyrillic font
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<h1>Comics</h1>
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<li> <a href="comicswomen.html"><b>Women</b> in Comics</a>
<LI> <A HREF="loveroc1.html"><b>Jaime Hernandez</b> Chronology</A>
<LI> <A HREF="Lovinchar.html">Jaime Hernandez Character Index</A>
<LI> <A HREF="lovelinx.shtml">Love & Rockets Links</A>
<LI> <A HREF="frenchy.html">Exploring <b>French comix</b> with gun and
camera</A>
<li> <a href="tiras.html"> A roundup of <b>Latin American comics</b> </a>
Getting beyond Mafalda, if you've got that far
<LI> <A HREF="bob.shtml"><b>Bob's Comics Reviews</b></A> - all the comics worth reading
<LI> <A HREF="zhang.htm"> <b>Fuschia Chang</b> comics</A>: Fuschia takes on
chat, comics stores, Asians in comics, evil, etc.
<li> <a href="toons.html"><b>Swatoons</b></a> Skeevy little bits of #spinnwebe
<LI> <A HREF="ranma.html">What the translators did to Ranma</A>
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<h1>Culture</h1>
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<LI> <A HREF="amercult.html">E-Z home test: Are you an <b>American</b>?</A>
Plus many more <b>culture tests</b>: French, German,
Brazilian, Scottish, Japanese, Indian, Australian, Verdurian...<p>
<li> <a href="jacobs.html">It's the <b>cities</b>, stupid</a>: Jane Jacobs on cities
<LI> <A HREF="faye.html">Some <b>Faye Wong</b> lyrics</A> in English
<LI> <A HREF="baudri.html">Quel con ce <b>Baudrillard</b>
</A> (English/français)
<li> <a href="viagem1.html">Trip to <b>Brazil</b></a> Plus travel pictures!
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<h1>Diversions</h1>
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<li> <a href="spinn.html"> Horselover Fat's Page o' <b>SpinnStuff</b>: </a>
Spinnwebe- and DFC-related pages
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<LI> <A HREF="phrases.html">The Zompist <B>Phrasebook</b></A>. The last
phrasebook you'll ever need
<br><a href="phrases2.html">In more languages!</a> -
<a href="phrases3.html">In Chinese</a>
<li> <a href="thought.html"><b>They Thought You'd Say This</b> </a> : Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks
<li> <a href="spoke.html">English As She Is Spoke <i>vs.</i> Babelfish!</a> Do humans or machines translate worse?
<LI> <A HREF="excuse.html"> The Excuse-O-Mat </A> 3,000,000 ready-made apologies for all occasions.
<LI> <A HREF="chemical.htm"><b>The Names of Alchemy</b></A> - What's butter of antimony? Flower of zinc? The Green Lion?
<li> <A HREF="andalou.htm"> <i>Un Chien Spinndalou</i> </A> The #spinnwebe crowd Hollywoodizes Buñuel
<li> <a href="lore.html">What will happen when you meet <b>Lore</b> </a> And you know you want to.
<li> <a href="notmydesk.html">The <b>Not My Desk</b> Interview</a>
<li> <a href="nmd.html">The <b>Readers' Commentary</b> on the Not My Desk Commentary</a>
<LI> <A HREF="rockers.html">Great <b>Rock Group</b> Names</A>
<LI> The <b>Quotations</b> File: <A HREF="quotes.html">One,</A> <A HREF="quotes2.html">Two</A>,
<A HREF="quotes3.html">Three</A>,
<A HREF="quotes4.html">Four</A>,
<A HREF="quotes5.html">Five</a>,
<a href="quotes6.html">Six</a>,
<a href="quotes7.html">Seven</a>
<LI> <A HREF="reader.html">The Chicago Reader <b>Review-O-Mat</b></A> Unlimited pedantry on demand!
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<H1>Books</h1>
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<li><i>Recent reading is <a href="https://zompist.wordpress.com/category/books/">over at my blog</a></i>
<li> <a href="facts.html"><b>Facts from my bookshelf</b> </a>
<LI> <A HREF="heinlein.html"><b>Heinlein</b> : <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i></A>
<LI> <A HREF="psihist.html"><b>Asimov</b> : The Foundation Trilogy</i></A>
<LI> <A HREF="asimov.htm"><b>Asimov + </b> : Beyond the original trilogy</a>
<LI> <A HREF="excess.html"><b>Banks</b> : <i>Excession</i></A>
<li> <a href="snow.html"><b>Stephenson</b>: Snow Crash</a>
<li> <a href="android.html"><b>Dick vs Scott</b> : Do Sheep Run in Electric Dreams?</a>
<li> <a href="cold.html"><b>Godwin</b> : The Cold Equations </a>
<li> <a href="memes.html"><b>Lynch</b> : Thought Contagion</a>
<li> <a href="dialect.html"><b>Lewis & Herman</b> : Mangling Foreign Dialects</a>
<LI> <A HREF="baudri.html"><b>Baudrillard</b> : L'Amérique </a>
<li> <a href="jacobs.html"><b>Jacobs</b> : The Economy of Cities etc. </a>
<li><a href="smith.html"><b>Smith</b> : The Wealth of Nations</a>
<li><a href="piketty.html"><b>Piketty</b>: Capital in the 21st Century</a>
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<H1>Editorials</h1>
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<li><i>Keep up to date <a href="https://zompist.wordpress.com/category/politics/">over at my blog</a></i>
<li><a href="liberalism.html"><b>Why liberalism works</b> - and why plutocracy doesn’t
<li><a href="libmoral.html">The morality of <b>liberalism</b></a>
<li><a href="privilege.html"><b>Privilege</b>: A User Manual</a>
<li><a href="arguing.html"><b>How to argue with Zompist</b>: or, Social Skills 101</a>
<li> <a href="libertos.html">What's still wrong with <b>Libertarianism</b></a> Or, distinguishing sci fi from poli sci; v3.0
<li> <a href="meetthepoor.html">The Bible on <b>the poor</b></a>: Or, why God is a liberal
<li> <a href="fascism.html"><b>Fascism</b></a>: What is it? Not updated for the actual fash era.
<li> <a href="predic.htm"><b>The last century</b>: what the heck was that?</a> Finally, I explain <i>everything</i>
<LI> <A HREF="latam.html">U.S. <b>Interventions</b> in Latin America</A>
<LI> <A HREF="eguide.html">Traveler's Guide to the U.S. <b>Elections</b> 2000</A> and <a href="election.html">1996</a>: Making sense of America's favorite quadrennial sport
<LI> <A HREF="welfare.html">What Bob and Newt don't want you to know about <b>welfare</b></A>
<LI> <A HREF="gummint.html">Is <b>government</b> evil?</A>
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<H1>Science</h1>
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<li> <a href="facts.html"><b>Facts from my bookshelf</b> </a>
<li> <a href="searle.html">Understanding the <b>Chinese Room</b></a> Searle's response to AI
<LI> <A HREF="turing.html"> 12 reasons to toss the <b>Turing test</b> </A>
<li> <a href="crib.html">Crib Notes for the Turing Test</a>
<li> <a href="memes.html">The new pseudo-science of <b>memes</b></a>
<li> <a href="versci.htm">The history of <b>chemistry</b> </a> on Earth and Almea
<li><a href="nearstars.html"><b>The nearest stars</b></a> - A conworlder's guide
<li><a href="trig.html">All about e</a> - Fun facts to know and tell about e
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<H1>Science Fiction</h1>
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<li><a href="https://zompist.wordpress.com/category/sf/">Recent reviews are here</a>
<li><a href="classics.html">Two sf classics (Bester, Lem)</a>
<li><a href="powers.html">Books by <b>Tim Powers</b> </a>
<LI> <A HREF="killsf.html">Is <b>science</b> killing science
fiction?</A>
<LI> <A HREF="heinlein.html"><b>Heinlein</b>'s <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i></A>
<LI> <A HREF="psihist.html">Psychohistory: Was <b>Hari Seldon</b> pulling our legs?</i></A>
<LI> <A HREF="asimov.htm"> Forward and Backward with the Foundation </A> <br>All those Foundation books beyond the original trilogy
<li> <a href="snow.html">Neal Stephenson: <b>Snow Crash</b></a>
<li> <a href="android.html"><b>Do Sheep Run in Electric Dreams?</b></a> Comparing the visions of Dick and Scott
<li> <a href="cold.html">The cold readings</a>: Don't blame it on physics
<p><i>Stories</i>
<LI> <A HREF="robot.htm">Rights for Robots</A> What happens to the beta?
<li> <a href="fst.html">The Fire Shall Try</a>: The world after our regrettable deaths
<li><a href="rogues.htm">The rogues</a>: A forgotten deity is not harmless
<li><a href="apaf.html">Against Peace and Freedom</a>: buy my novel
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<H1>Games</h1>
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<li> <a href="http://zompist.wordpress.com/category/games/"><b>Recent games</b> </a> are covered on my blog
<li> <a href="winciv2.htm"><b>How to take over the world</b> </a> Well, in Civ2
<li> <a href="winciv3.html">Winning at Civ3</a> sometimes
<li><a href="civ4.html">How to do better at Civ4 than you probably were</a>
<li><a href="oblivion.html">Oblivion Journal</a>
<li> <a href="smax.html">Extra fun with the <b>Sam & Max video game</b> </a>
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<a href="lckbook.html">The <b>Language Construction Kit</b></a>
<br> <a href="lck2.html"><b>Advanced Language Construction </b></a>
<br> <a href="pck.html">The <b>Planet Construction Kit</b></a>
<br> <a href="lexipedia.html">The <b>Conlanger's Lexipedia</b></a>
<br> <a href="syntax.html">The <b>Syntax Construction Kit</b></a>
<br/> <a href="rck.html">The <b>Religion Construction Kit</b> </a>
<br> <a href="china.html"><b>China Construction Kit</b></a>
• <a href="india.html"><b>India</b></a>
<br> <a href="apaf.html"><b>Against Peace and Freedom</b></a>
<br> <a href="babblers.html"><b>In the Land of Babblers</b></a>
• <a href="atlasbook.html"><b>Atlas</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#007000" width="31%"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1"><b>Virtual Verduria</b></font></td>
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<b><a href="virtuver.htm">Almea</a></b> is a fantasy world with insanely detailed languages, history, religions, and maps. Find out how a country run by artists works, or a female-dominant society, or an empire run by sea creatures.
<br>Or try the <b><a href="http://www.almeopedia.com/almeo.html">Almeopedia</a></b>.
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<td bgcolor="#6E1203" width="32%"><font color="#F2A20B" size="+1"><b>The Incatena</b></font></td>
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<a href="incatena.html">Meet the <b>Incatena</b></a> — A s.f. universe featuring STL travel and thousand-year lifespans. A good place to begin is <a href="mars/index.html">the Areopolis text adventure</a>. Then you can start <a href="apaf.html">the novel</a>.
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<H2>The fine print</h2>
<p>Created by Mark Rosenfelder. Powered by Trader Joe’s chocolate chips. <A HREF="20years.html">Some background info</a>. Also <A HREF="contact.html">how to get in touch</a>.
<P>Except where noted, entire contents © 1996-2026 by Mark Rosenfelder.
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