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Laertes and the Witches

Jesse Walker | 6.23.2006 9:30 AM

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Friday fun link: Hamlet in the bush.

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. Madog   19 years ago

    I remember hearing that story in one of my Anthropology classes. Things like that make me wonder how badly we misunderstand the stories and muths of other cultures, ourselves. 🙂

  2. SPD   19 years ago

    That title was so misleading. And now I'm due back at Pervert House.

  3. jcavar   19 years ago

    Anything that takes longer than 2 minutes to read, and understand, shouldn't be a "Fun Link".

  4. Comic Book Guy   19 years ago

    Worst. Fun link. Ever.

  5. linguist   19 years ago

    I disagree, CBG! I thought that was fascinating! Thanks, Jesse.

  6. AC   19 years ago

    Took a few minutes, but well worth it!

  7. wellfellow   19 years ago

    Well worth it, for sure.

  8. NoStar   19 years ago

    I enjoyed that. But then, I enjoyed hearing the sililoquy rendered in the "original" Kingon that like Hebrew doesn't utilize the verb to be.

  9. Warren   19 years ago

    not fun, not worth the read. She was lame. With a little forethought and preparation I'm sure the proper interpretation could have been conveyed. The notion that there is more than one proper interpretation of Hamlet, is of course preposterous.

  10. Larry Edelstein   19 years ago

    That was really cool! Thanks, Jesse. I'm going to send it to some friends.

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