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(Tears) Cold War in a Country Garden by Lindsay Gutteridge

From jdnicoll@jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) to rec.arts.sf.written on Sun Dec 14 13:53:55 2025

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Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge

One very small step for a man, one giant leap for Her Majesty's Government.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden
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From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Dec 15 00:32:49 2025

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On 2025-12-14, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden

- I'm skeptical about the presence of an antlion in a British garden.

- There is no political subtext to "Rumania" vs. "Romania". If you
look at the currently favored forms across European languages, it's
a wild mix between u and o. (Before somebody gets too clever:
French "Roumanie" falls into the u camp for this purpose.)
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From jdnicoll@jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Dec 15 01:52:30 2025

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In article <slrn10julph.1d3g.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2025-12-14, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Cold War in a Country Garden (Dilke, volume 1) by Lindsay Gutteridge
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/in-the-garden

- I'm skeptical about the presence of an antlion in a British garden.

The author anticipated objections:

"Ant lion," breathed Henry. "Larva of the myrmeleontid fly. I've seen
them in Middle Europe and as far north as Finland but they're new here."
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