Tag Archives: Charles Darwin

No. 20: THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809. PART II: WHAT CHILDS ARE THESE?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh    (continued from last week) Abracadabra, Magi!  Appearing from seemingly out of nowhere in the desolate desert-scape, three kingly wise men:  Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar.  They’ve a star to direct them as they goad their camels across … Continue reading →

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No. 19: THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809. PART I.

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      Steven Spielberg’s excellent portraying of America’s 16th President omits – probably because of cinematic time constraints – dramatic events of Abraham Lincoln’s Kentucky log cabin birth.  Those events relate directly to Charles Darwin’s birth in England … Continue reading →

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No. 16: CHARLES DARWIN MEETS TURT (‘naked and loving it’)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, archivist, archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing) The upcoming passage comes from the galley proofs of; THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED by Charles Darwin.  Fiction House Publishing, 1838.  Memos I am discovering in the Fiction House archives indicate the … Continue reading →

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No. 15: HOW I GOT MY NEXT THOUSAND OR SO TATTOOS – TURT’S STORY

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor-archivist, Fiction House Publishing) If my friend Turt could write, this tale he would scribe…    I experienced unparalleled bliss as the kind ‘two-leg’ gently carved the very first tattoo into my shell.  The “scritch, scritch” scratched incessant … Continue reading →

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No. 14: PET DATING SERVICE GOES VIRAL (a headline we’d like to see)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Want to find the best mate for your Rex or Ol Tom?  Here at Fiction House Publishing we’re considering a new idea, online matching for critters. “Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.” “Trot … Continue reading →

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No. 7: LEATHER, WHIPS, AND GUN-RUNNING ON THE RANGE – WHERE THE ARMS ARE BOUND

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh As I archive the mid 19th and early 20th century Fiction House Publishing, I am finding bits and pieces of rough drafts and published works.  Some of the roughs were gnarred-on by carrier pigeons that delivered them … Continue reading →

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No. 3: CHARLES DARWIN’S VICTORIAN ROMANCE

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh RESURRECTING THE FICTION HOUSE My hired ‘experts’ jokingly, good-naturedly call me an archeo-apologist.  It is because of my zeal for my reclamation project – that of unearthing and archiving files, notes, books – over a century’s worth … Continue reading →

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No. 2: Charles Darwin – ‘The Beagle Has Landed’, the Evolutionist Encounters the Editor

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Raji Singh

UNEARTHING THE FICTION HOUSE I am discovering the most intriguing material as I archive through, cataloging the dusty old library and files of my great-great grandfather, James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction.  He founded Fiction House Publishing in the 1830’s and ran … Continue reading →

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