I remember the cancer thing but not the story about the Vietnamese guy. Who was the one who was virulently anti-Communist?

Vaguely, yes. Was he the one who would inevitably leap into defence of the American military? I seem to remember a discussion about some war movie and someone pointed out that if the Yanks had done so-and-so the battle would have been over quicker, and suddenly some other guy posted a rant about how American troops…

Holy shit, what a blast from the past…

The problem I have with From Hell* is that it appears to be based on a Ripper book by Stephen Knight, which, after his death, was found to be based on a mistake Knight made in his research and knew about… but finished the book and published it anyway.

Thus making the parody even more perfect as Republicans are generally ignorant of such basic facts

I'M IN FLAVOUR COUNTRY! IT'S A BIG COUNTRY!

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER…

Endurance is incredible. So is Lost City of Z.

Yes, TWJinW is excellent. Cherry, Sara Wheeler's biography of its author, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, is superb. So is A First Rate Tragedy by Diana Preston.

You're assuming this guy has friends…

"The rain played hell with the pictures".

Yes, California is a sparsely-populated state dotted with tiny hamlets and villages… :-)

I do. Also Axeman, who I think was Scottish and pretty awesome. He went off on a total rant about American sitcoms that was really funny.

Holy shit, you remember me? :-)

Perfect.

Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down Over A Yog-Sothoth

Vapourtrail.

http://www.theguardian.com/…

Because he wasn't white.

I can't remember how I found the site, but the long, long reviews were well written, funny and perfect for when I had downtime at work. The reviews of the worst Star Trek series eps were excellent.