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Nathan Goldwag
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Nathan Goldwag writes Goldwag's Journal on Civilization, a personal blog at nathangoldwag.wordpress.com about history and culture. Since 2022, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The Augustinian Settlement”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Nathan Goldwag's posts on Tolkien's Middle-earth and D&D, covering the social and economic history behind the Shire and a counterfactual 'Sauronic Empire'.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Augustinian Settlement2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-02
- The Moral Economy of the Shire2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-03
What Hacker News says?
The details may be scant but you can see the outlines of history there. Tolkien doesn’t invent social structures, he adapts European history and only uses the elements he needs. https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/the-moral-eco...
Comment linking /2024/05/31/the-moral-economy-of-the-shire/
on “D&D is Anti-Medieval”Submitted Visualizing World War II as a story · 442 points
HN discussionI enjoyed the author's counterfactual description of the "Sauronic Empire" [1] that was established following Sauron's victory at the end of the third age. https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/02/10/the-sauronic-...
Comment linking /2024/02/10/the-sauronic-empire/
on “The Moral Economy of the Shire”Submitted The Moral Economy of the Shire as a story · 264 points
HN discussionSubmitted The “New Chronology” of Anatoly Fomenko as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSubmitted From McMurdo Sound to Flanders Fields as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Sauronic Empire as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Sauronic Empire as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Augustinian Settlement as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Augustinian Settlement as a story · 1 points
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