Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦
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Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
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The book was, specifically, "Historical Dictionary of Slang" by J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley.
Stravag is found in the second volume.
Stravag is found in the second volume.
January 16, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The book was, specifically, "Historical Dictionary of Slang" by J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley.
Stravag is found in the second volume.
Stravag is found in the second volume.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Working Neryon and Logan as a pair was fun. I'll have to do it again, I guess.
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Working Neryon and Logan as a pair was fun. I'll have to do it again, I guess.
Yep. I have a collection of old slang books/reprints of same, for mining for fun stuff.
So, to answer your inherent question, it was OLD when even I found it. :)
So, to answer your inherent question, it was OLD when even I found it. :)
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Yep. I have a collection of old slang books/reprints of same, for mining for fun stuff.
So, to answer your inherent question, it was OLD when even I found it. :)
So, to answer your inherent question, it was OLD when even I found it. :)
The dictionary was a reprint from one about that vintage, so yes.
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The dictionary was a reprint from one about that vintage, so yes.
Oh, I like that.
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Oh, I like that.
It's funny watching folks discuss your motives for doing things and attributing to me things that were already in place in the universe before I arrived.
And all of it taking place forty years ago or so.
Glad to know it's easy to read my mind in retrospect. :)
And all of it taking place forty years ago or so.
Glad to know it's easy to read my mind in retrospect. :)
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
It's funny watching folks discuss your motives for doing things and attributing to me things that were already in place in the universe before I arrived.
And all of it taking place forty years ago or so.
Glad to know it's easy to read my mind in retrospect. :)
And all of it taking place forty years ago or so.
Glad to know it's easy to read my mind in retrospect. :)
BT, yes, and Star Wars, World of Warcraft, and Gears of War. And all of them should take a close look at my Dark Souls novel... :)
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 AM
BT, yes, and Star Wars, World of Warcraft, and Gears of War. And all of them should take a close look at my Dark Souls novel... :)
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Soon be seen in our DCU animated show, based on the 12-issue comic book series from Tom King and Mitch Gerads.
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Soon be seen in our DCU animated show, based on the 12-issue comic book series from Tom King and Mitch Gerads.