#revolutions

[elumish]

I keep trying to figure out a good way to articulate that I think people write revolutions in their stories based on their understanding of the American Revolution even when they are not writing about the overthrow of a geographically distant imperial power.

[cid5]

'The Winter Palace is taken!' — Soviet painting from 1954 showing two Bolsheviks smoking in the Winter Palace following its capture during the October Revolution.

[drastrochris]

"Was it a good poem?" Martin asked.

"I don't know. No?" The Archivist replied.

"Fuck you, that fucking rocked!" I retorted.

[teasir04]

i'm sure he was scared of what he had become

[demoralised]

Peak period-correct motorsport styling right here. The Kamei front lip and Zender spoiler look so right on this Mk1 Polo, especially sitting on those four-spoke Revolutions. Looks ready for an old-school European hillclimb.

[kingoftheu]

It is the mid-1800s. You are Karl Marx. You have risen to prominence aming leftist circles, with your scathing attacks in contemporary Capitalism and Imperialism. You hear a knock on your front door. Your front door is shattered.

A very large black dragon, a veteran of the British Millitary, apologizes for the damage. His name is Temeraire, and he is a Member of Parliament.

He has read your work and wishes to discuss it with you.

[haveyoulistenedtothispodcast]

Have you listened to Revolutions (2013-)?

Yes

Partially

No

Never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 3

Summary:

Mike Duncan gives a detailed history of Revolutions from around the world, starting with the English Civil War, with the most recent non-fiction Revolution covered as the Bolshevik Revolution

There is also 1 Fiction season about a Revolution On Mars, presented in the same way as the Non-Fiction revolutions are