My favorite historical mystery is “what really happened in the 6th century???”
We have few clues. We know there were at least 2 big eruptions in the 530s, most likely in Iceland, Kamchatka, or Alaska: nowhere with a surviving writing culture. Then a wave of Plague. Then probably other shit no one bothered writing down. It shattered the recording of history for many decades. We will never have a comprehensive history of the “Dark Ages” because no one wrote the pieces.
Huh. In Philip P. Peterson's "Transport" SciFi series, the 5th book (currently only available in German), there was a "plague" in the 2020s that grounded all space missions for a long while. That book was published 15.05.2020, #COVID became "public" December 2019, only 6 months ago - kinda short publishing period. So either Peterson quickly rewrote that part and pu…
Finished 1923 this week. Doesn't have the elŠn of Yellowstone/1883, esp when it comes to dialogue, but was a very solid ride nonetheless. My favorite thing is how they brought the era to life.
You don't have to have watched anything else to get it, but the other stories fill in context.
That said, I'd start with 1883, to this, to Yellowstone if I was new to it.
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