The Explorers' Club
№ CCLXXVII - The lost city of Iram of the Pillars, possibly, but not necessarily found beneath the sands as Ubar.







Operation AXIOM
The Nelson Pillar, landmark of Dublin, was destroyed by the philistine vandals of the terrorist group the Irish Republican Army forty-six years ago to the day, 8 March 1966. The Pillar's modern replacement, the snicker-worthy Spire of Dublin, is so inconsequential that despite being an active seeker of tourist traps to patronize I heard not a word about it during my recent visit to Dublin. The I.R.A. weren't just enemies of Great Britain, they were enemies of all law & order, enemies of civilization itself.

The Queue
The only thing wrong with City of Gold is that it went by too swiftly, i.e., it could have gone on twice as long without losing my interest. I wish it had spawned a series; I'd have loved to read the sequel, City of Brass. Alas! Alas!

Recently
H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
Eric Powell, The Goon: Heaps of Ruination (Vol. 3) & Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof (Vol. 4)
Len Deighton, City of Gold

Currently
Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Presently
Eric Powell, The Goon: Wicked Inclinations (Vol. 5), Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker (Vol. 6), A Place of Heartache and Grief (Vol. 7), & Those That is Damned (Vol. 8)
Rudyard Kipling, The Man who would be King and Other Stories
Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Dropkick Murphys, "Fields of Athenry" from Blackout (T.L.A.M.)