Letters from Russia

Letters from Russia by Astolphe de Custine

A slightly abridged version of La Russie en 1839. Full of his observations on Russia -- I have read someone who worked at the American Embassy in the USSR recommend it as the best guide to understanding the country -- and smaller details.

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society and the superhero

There's some major questions before you can even consider the question of realism in superheroes.  How many are they?  How powerful are they?  What are their origin(s) or metaorigin(s)?  Are they random, and if so, what is random?

Then there's the questions that synergize.

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