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Neal Stephenson is a best-selling author, futurist, tech geek and swordsman whose works include Cryptonomicron, Seveneves, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash. He has also co-written several other books and graphic novels which we discuss in this episode. His latest book, Termination Shock goes into depth and detail about Sikh martial arts, which he had to research during the Covid lockdowns.
Of course, Neal’s main claim to fame is that he wrote the preface to my own Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists.
We cover an enormously wide range of topics in this episode, from fountain pens to working with Jeff Bezos building rockets. If you want to find anything in particular, the timestamps and related links are listed below:
Historical dancing, historical fencing… and a bear, with Sarina Wagner
Swords for all humanity, with Janna Datahan
Want to write a training manual? How to write training manuals for historical martial artists, with Guy Windsor
Messers and More, with Bob Brooks
Writing Historical Novels: the Facts and the Fiction, with Elizabeth Chadwick
What is a volta? A very detailed examination of Fiore, with Dario Magnani
Horse Armour at the Royal Armouries, with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys
Bronze Age Britons Were Weird, with Dr James Dilley
Community and the Club with Samantha West
The Politics of Eastern and Western Martial Arts, with Jonathan Bluestein
Medieval Music and the Troubadours, with Alix Evans
Swords in South Africa, with David Wagenfeld
Life in the Stone Age and Bothering Hedges with Sally Pointer
Business, Chivalry, and Life-or-Death Training, with Jason Kingsley
Washing paper and restoring books with Aurelia Sedlmair
How to fight like Sir Gawain, with Dr Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak
Seven Frenchmen vs. Seven Englishmen: who will win? With Dr. Rachael Whitbread
Force of Virtue with Jack Gassman
Medieval wrestling and making sense of the Liechtenauer swamp, with Jessica Finley
Big Blue Flags with Marli Vlok
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