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2 days ago · L. Sprague de Camp, “Swarthmore called tempting target,” Black Liberation 1969 Archive, accessed May 26, 2024, https://blacklib1969.swarthmore.edu/items/show/710. Documents and interviews related to SASS between 1968-1972 at Swarthmore College.
1 day ago · Book Review: An Elephant for Aristotle by L. Sprague de Camp (four stars) I am naturally sober and dignified; but, whenever I try to present a noble front to the world, something like this melon farce occurs. Classic historical fiction. A road trip from the Indus River to the Aegean Sea. With a pachyderm.
15 hours ago · I found this story in L. Sprague De Camp’s ‘Swords & Sorcery’ collection, which I was lucky enough to pick up for a couple of quid in Halcyon Books. Given what copies of this book go for at the moment (I had a quick look and, damn…), your best chance of reading ‘Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller’ is to either find it in a ...
Much of older fantasy was on the shorter side; doorstoppers were fairly rare. Check out the works of Tanith Lee, Patricia McKillip, Jack Vance, Ursula K. Le Guin, L. Sprague de Camp, Jack L. Chalker, Michael Moorcock, Andre Norton. I’ve just finished a run of Sci fi books which were on the lengthy side. I’d love any recommendations of ...
4 days ago · Mac wanted to invent a cocktail to burn itself upon the pages of history—but this one had some unexpected side effects.—“The Last Drop” by L. Ron Hubbard and L. Sprague de Camp, art by Chris Arias
5 days ago · Background and aims. Hepatic lipogenesis is elevated in nutrient abundant conditions to convert the excess carbohydrate into triacylglycerol (TAG). Fatty acyl moiety of TAG is eventually transported into adipose tissues by very low density lipoprotein, leading to the accumulation of TAG as a preferred storage form of excess energy. Disruption ...
5 days ago · Phosphodiesterase 8 (PDE8), as a member of PDE superfamily, specifically promotes the hydrolysis and degradation of intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which may be associated with pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, little is currently known about potential role in the central nervous system (CNS). Here we investigated the distribution and expression of PDE8 ...
