The official web site of A.H. Lloyd

  • Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…

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  • Re-watching Justified reminds me of how quickly entertainment deteriorated. The second season aired in 2011, and it feels like a completely different world. The writing is crisp, the plots are edgy and there is nothing ‘woke’ about any of it, though there are some jokes the mock political correctness. In the first season, Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan Givens is a clear protagonist, albeit one who plays by his own rules. He hearkens back to Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, a no-nonsense cop who wants to avoid the red tape and administer justice at the barrel of a gun. In the second season,…

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