Tag: essays
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Reflections on OROBORO: No-Eyes
This is part of a series of essays reflecting on my writing and my dark fantasy setting, called OROBORO. Some of the earliest stories I set in the world of OROBORO were about a character called No-Eyes, who was a conman and necromancer. I imagined him as a kind of Cenobite astronaut—his head would be encased…
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Meditations on Immortality, Part 3: Swordsmanship and Perfection
Welcome back to this article series on perfection and immortality! In Part 2, I talked a lot about fractals, repeating, self-similar patterns that have a complex relationship with perspective and infinity. I noted that the more one delves into fractals, the more often one encounters paradoxes, such as the Coastline Paradox. As you might remember…