883 – Topics
00:03 Reflections: John Manley, Much Ado About Corona, deleted from YouTube, reflection of shared Corona experiences, public denial, down the memory hole, personal history of mask wearing, retirement home lockdowns, St Marys Ontario, Canadians surprisingly sadistic during lockdowns, Covid shots killed many
21:00 Plot development: presenting the other side of the conflict, Vincent and Stephanie, issue of women heroines, development of the novel, lockdowns morally wrong
32:00 Had to be written: the Left understands stories, using expert advice for book, woman as heroine, no strong masculine characters, males in Canada unquestioningly compliant, this book had to be written
45:55 Discovery process: how fiction played role in Ayn Rand’s escape from Petrograd, fiction as a source of the ideal, novel about those who refuse to comply, discovering how little one knows
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