The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster(nautil.us)

9 pointsby dnetesnvor 9 Jahren2 comments

The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster

http://nautil.us/issue/53/monsters/the-volcano-that-shrouded-the-earth-and-gave-birth-to-a-monster-rp

2 comments

fnwx17vor 9 Jahren

Excellent read, thanks for highlighting it. It provided quite an interesting backdrop for a good part of Western European art of the early 19th century.

DoctorBitvor 9 Jahren

Interesting subject matter and story, but terrible writing. I'm having difficulty believing that it was really written by an associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillen_Wood