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Vladimir Putin really did seem to appear on Earth - or at least in the corridors of power in Russia - fully formed. At each step in his career, he was promoted for no particular reason, or because he seemed so devoid of personality that nobody could imagine him causing trouble. This culminated in his 2000 appointment as Yeltsin’s successor when “The world’s largest landmass, a land of oil, gas, and nuclear arms, had a new leader, and its business and political elites had no idea who he was.”
Dictator Book Club: Putin
astralcodexten.substack.com
The name is a play on the 80’s Italian design and architecture group Memphis, which positioned itself as a garish and child-like rejection of functionalist styles.
Why Does Every Advert Look the Same? Blame Corporate Memphis
wired.co.uk
My feeling is that all fiction is both false in the overall factual sense, and also true in terms of being a genuine expression of something that’s intrinsic to the author, and will thus hopefully resonate with the reader. That’s the sort of accuracy to aim for: the larger truth of being the best expression you can create for the particular tale you’re telling. Authenticity in fiction has little to do with veracity, and nor should writers feel shackled to facts.
Any Similarity
Matt Gemmell
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