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There is something terrifying sad in my psyche when, on reading mention of Toilet Closures in brisingamen‘s LJ, my first thought was of functional programming...

Ravening beams

Tenser, said the Tensor analyses Doc Smith’s usage of language in the Lensmen series. Lovely stuff, though I would disagree that the first two in the series are “lesser prequels”.

It’s probably getting on time to add the whole lot to my to-read heap again.