The Alexander Romance

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The Alexander Romance is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between September 15, 2023 and September 19, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “The Alexander Romance , reviewed by Scott Alexander”; “The Alexander Romance, reviewed by Scott Alexander”; “The Alexander Romance is what happens when you spend a thousand years running this process in reverse”. It most often appears alongside 15th century Sicilian manuscript, @campeters4, A Strange Dream.

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• Category: Books
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: September 15, 2023
• Last seen: September 19, 2023

Appears In

• Book Review Contest 2023 Winners
• Book Review: The Alexander Romance

Related Pages

• • 15th century Sicilian manuscript (1 shared issues)
• • @campeters4 (1 shared issues)
• • A Strange Dream (1 shared issues)
• • a_reader (1 shared issues)
• • ACX (1 shared issues)
• • aesthetics (1 shared issues)
• • Agrimardio (1 shared issues)
• • Aigeis (1 shared issues)
• • Aksel W. W. Eide (1 shared issues)
• • Alans (1 shared issues)
• • Alexander (1 shared issues)
• • Alexander Romance (1 shared issues)

External Links

• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221104130431/https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/1m-bet-rules
• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221129133112/https://blog.rootclaim.com/rootclaim-accepts-500000-challenge-on-covid-vaccine-safety-efficacy/
• • http://web.archive.org/web/20221224061743/https://www.skirsch.com/covid/SaarWilf.pdf
• • https://archive.ph/pY4gF#selection-663.103-683.190
• • https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-sadly-porn/comment/5114457
• • https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-march-2023/comment/13472421
• • https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/movie-review-dont-look-up/comment/4303996
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann
• • https://ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/is-tan-et-al-the-end-of-social-science/comment/106431494
• • https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/11/the-paxlovid-paradox.html
• • https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority
• • https://substack.com/profile/55391806-alexander

Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Book Review Contest 2023 Winners

September 15, 2023 · Original source

The Alexander Romance, reviewed by Scott Alexander. I worried people would figure out which review was mine, so to make it harder I entered twice. Alexander Romance was my second entry. It placed 37th, nowhere near high enough to make the finals. I hope this is encouraging for anyone else who didn’t make the finals - apparently there’s a lot of variance even among reviews by the same person! I still liked this one and will probably put it up as a normal post here soon.

Inline links: figure out which review was mine

Book Review: The Alexander Romance

September 19, 2023 · Original source

The Alexander Romance is what happens when you spend a thousand years running this process in reverse. Each generation, you make the story of Alexander the Great a little wackier. By the Middle Ages, Alexander is fighting dinosaurs and riding a chariot pulled by griffins up to Heaven.

The Alexander Romance And Popular Literature

Almost everything that happens to Alexander the Great in The Alexander Romance has also happened to Batman. Alexander invented a submersible to explore the ocean depths; Batman has done the same. Alexander discovered the Fountain of Youth, and so did Batman. Alexander sealed evil nations behind a magic door, and so did Batman. Alexander fought dinosaurs; Batman did too.

Inline links: Batman has done the same, and so did Batman, and so did Batman, Batman did too

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