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Views of an Imaginary City 38: Along the Nachilagolu

Posted on November 22, 2022 by julian peters comics

The Nachilagolu (“Long Canal”) connects the Juminta River just above Cherufi Falls to the imperial shipbuilding yards at Kulidaseh. After descending a number of locks near the falls, the canal runs for the rest of its course through a flat … Continue reading →

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“Stairway to Nowhere” Video

Posted on March 30, 2022 by julian peters comics

The incomparable Jim Avis has been transforming some of the instalments in my recent “Views of an Imaginary City” into his trademark “vidiettes.” Here is his take on “View 46: The Stairway to Nowhere at Tanaliska.” More of these to … Continue reading →

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View of an Imaginary City 48: The Stairway to Nowhere at Tanaliska

Posted on December 30, 2021 by julian peters comics

According to Chogya beliefs, it is possible for individual souls to reincarnate into lives chronologically antecedent to the ones that they have just lived through. This would seem to open the door to a number of potential temporal paradoxes, were … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 44: Bird Temple in Peleosti

Posted on September 8, 2021 by julian peters comics

The view is from a hill in the Peleosti district, overlooking a skyline dominated by the dome of the Chogyan Temple of Tofa, the Luck Goddess. Occupying the majority of the picture plane, however, is a close-up depiction of what … Continue reading →

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