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Howling at the Gates 5.19 – The Dogs of War

Published on : 29 December, 201429 December, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.18- Dissension in the Ranks

Published on : 8 December, 20147 December, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.17- Cry Havoc!

Published on : 24 November, 201424 November, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.16- Death by Disco Dancer

Published on : 10 November, 201410 November, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.15- Unmitigated Audacity

Published on : 27 October, 201426 October, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.14- Eli Wept

Published on : 13 October, 201413 October, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.13- Prepare to Fight!

Published on : 29 September, 201429 September, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.12- Leader of the Pack

Published on : 15 September, 201414 September, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.11- Stranger Danger

Published on : 25 August, 201425 August, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

Howling at the Gates 5.10- Boy Meets World

Published on : 4 August, 20145 August, 2014 Published by : Rob Vollmar

On this day, October 20, in 1958, actor Viggo Mortensen was born in New York City. Although we could press the literary connection by pointing out that he is a published poet, we are really celebrating his birthday because, well, he’s Viggo Mortensen, who, among other roles, stepped in last minute to play Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, who chipped his tooth while filming and wanted to superglue it back in so they could keep shooting, who deflected a live dagger in a memorable fight scene, who campaigned to have Aragorn speak more Elvish in the films, who adopted the two horses he rode in the films because he had bonded with them… Today, he turns 62.

On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.