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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 02/10/2026

Statue of General Gouverneur K. Warren atop Little Round Top at Gettysburg. Erected in 1888 by the veterans of the 5th New York Infantry Regiment. This bronze statue is 8 ft tall and weighs 1,500 lbs. It’s even more imposing upon this rock. 📸 mine 10/2/26 🗃️

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 16/09/2026

Finished reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, which was a helluva journey. Starting on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Quin. 🪐📚💙

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Quin

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 30/08/2026

A mid-14th century depiction of the Devil in Dante’s Divine Comedy. It’s faded, but you can make out Satan munching on Judas, Brutus, and Cassius. 🔥 😈 Currently on display at the Morgan Library. 🗃️ Unidentified artist, Florence, c. 1345-55 📷 mine

Unidentified artist
Devil
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (Divina commedia), in Italian
Italy, Florence, ca. 1345-55

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 17/08/2026

I can’t believe how riveted i was reading about a water stain for 3 pages 💙📚

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 16/08/2026

Finished The Company Man (1988) by Joe Clifford Faust, and moving onto Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison. 🪐📚💙

The Company Man (1988) by Joe Clifford Faust
Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 12/08/2026

currently reading The Company Man (1988) by Joe Clifford Faust. it takes place in a post current world order. no nations. only corporations. i can’t put this thing down. 🪐📚

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 06/08/2026

Just received my copy of the new limited edition steelbook of Luc Besson’s The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). Love the yellow! Going to compare the extras with previous releases.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) steelbook

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 28/07/2026

2026 reading check-in. here are all the books i’ve read so far. all but dante and homer are new to me. trying to read the stuff i’ve always heard about, but never read. #booksky Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1/3

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Inferno by Dante (trans. Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander)
The Odyssey by Homer (trans. Emily Wilson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Garbage Chronicles by Brian Herbert
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
Sidney’s Comet by Brian Herbert
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 28/07/2026

currently reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. 4 chapters in and this thing is ridiculously entertaining. 💙 🪐

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 25/07/2026

just got my copy of The Transformers: The Movie; The Soundtrack - The Reformatted Edition. this bad boy is going in my 2017 corolla and never leaving.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 21/07/2026

I’m halfway through Heinlein’s A Stranger In a Strange Land, I have no idea where it’s going, and I’m entertained as hell. 🪐📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 17/07/2026

Was fortunate to see a pre-screening of #TheOdyssey last night. Some original props were on display. Epic film. Moved me emotionally. Stayed true to the spirit of Homer in many ways. Looking forward to a second viewing.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 17/07/2026

Finished reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Up next is A Stranger in a Strange Land. 📚🪐

The Picture of Dorian Gray.
A Stranger in a Strange Land.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 13/07/2026

Finished reading Sense and Sensibility. Next up, The Picture of Dorian Gray. 🖋️📚

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 07/07/2026

after finally reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the cabin really ain’t in it much 📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 18/06/2026

if i mailed my journal to you, would you keep it safe or would you take it to austria like a moron?

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 14/06/2026

never forget that Poseidon died for your sins 🌊 🔱

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 13/05/2026

folks, i got myself a whale of a highlighter. this thing could swallow 3 John whole in a few strokes, leaving no white space in its wake. fear me, Melville! 🐳 📚💙

big highlighter in front of a copy of Moby-Dick

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 04/05/2026

was your response anything like this? 😂

meme: you adopted the dark. i was born in it.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 03/05/2026

sorting through an old library and in the back of a copy of Trésor Poétique is a handwritten timeline of British royalty from Henry VIII to George V 📚💙 🗃️

handwritten timeline of British kings and queens Henry VIII to George V

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 24/04/2026

consolidated all my arthurian mass market paperbacks 📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 08/04/2026

I scored a set of Joan of Arc postcards from the 1910s. I tried to capture the silver sheen with my phone, but the pics don’t do it justice. ⚜️🗡👸🏼⚜️ #medievalsky 🗃️

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 30/03/2026

joan of arc looked stellar in philly today. not a bad angle. ⚜️🗡️👑⚜️

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 29/03/2026

scored some cheap arthurian works for $3 at an antique store 📚💙

KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS by SIR JAMES KNOWLES

KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS BY MARY MACLEOD

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 26/03/2026

These are some of the #TolkienReadingDay greetings I sent friends and family this year. The road goes ever on and on . . .

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 18/03/2026

here is the full table of contents for Studies in Medievalism XXXV

Studies in Medievalism XXXV table of contents

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 18/03/2026

The latest Studies in Medievalism is out, which includes my essay focused on Joan of Arc in the Time Gate sci-fi anthologies “Joan of Arc Al in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century” 🪐📚💙 🗃️

Joan of Arc Al in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 16/03/2026

i have more copies of The Transformers: The Movie than i need, but not as many as i want

7 copies of The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 13/03/2026

just got a copy of Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings. There’s something for everyone! 📚💙 🪐📚

cover of Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings (2026)

table of contents for Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings (2026)

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 12/03/2026

Just arrived in the mail - Pugh and Weisl's Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026). There are 2 Joan of Arc films represented here. #medievalsky 📚💙 📽️

Cover of Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026), eds. Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl

Table of Contents for Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026), eds. Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 06/03/2026

just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching! #medievalsky 🗃️

Sharing Joan of Are with Lifelong Learners at a Fortune 50 Tech Company by Scott Manning

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 15/02/2026

Just received my author copies for my contribution to Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025). My article on bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is available for free via open access muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic... 🗃️ @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social

Sans aventure: Knights with No Adventure Worth Recording in the Queste del saint Graal by Scott Manning

Table of Contents for Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025)

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 11/02/2026

currently reading The Monitors (1966) by Keith Laumer 🪐📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 06/02/2026

currently reading: The Day They Invaded New York (1964) by Lewis Irwin 🪐📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 06/02/2026

My Arthuriana essay about bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is currently available via Open Access on Project MUSE. Download it and forget about it! #medievalsky muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic...

Sans Aventure: Knights with No Adventure Worth Recording in the Queste del saint Graal

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 27/01/2026

And you can read the Arthurian angle on Transformers: The Movie (1986) here: scottmanning.com/wp-content/u... 📽️ 🗃️ 🧵 4/4

“Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Studies in Medievalism XXXIV (2025): 192-212.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 27/01/2026

You can read the Shakespearean angle (with pics) in Transformers: The Movie (1986) on Mise-en-scène's website: journals.kpu.ca/index.php/ms... 📽️ 🗃️ 🧵 3/4

“The Culmination of Shakespearean Villainy in The Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration 10.2 (Winter 2025): 10-18.

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 27/01/2026

In all seriousness, I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d make a post like this, but I’ve been fortunate to combine my love of Transformers, medievalism, and Shakespeare into publications, and I wanted to share with y’all. 📽️ 🗃️ 🧵 2/4

Starscream crowned in Transformers: The Movie (1986)

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 27/01/2026

Look, I'm not trying to convince you that Transformers: The Movie (1986) is Shakespeare and Arthurian Legend, but I have 2 publications in peer reviewed journals that say so. 📽️ 🗃️ 🧵 1/4

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 26/01/2026

currently reading—The Garbage Chronicles (1985) by Frank Herbert 🪐📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 20/01/2026

currently reading Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein 🪐📚💙 time to see what had my dad so hyped as a kid

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 15/01/2026

The article includes the following dedication. RIP. “For Ron Friedman (1932-2025), whose imagination and candor continue to inspire.”

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 15/01/2026

I’m thrilled to share that my article, "The Culmination of Shakespearean Villainy in The Transformers: The Movie (1986)," has been published in Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration! journals.kpu.ca/index.php/ms... It’s got Shakespeare, Medievalism, and Starscream! #medievalsky

Starscream in Transformers: The Movie (1986)

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 12/01/2026

currently reading: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick 🪐📚💙

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 03/01/2026

currently reading Sidney’s Comet (1983) by Brian Herbert

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 03/01/2026

I know some of y’all have published in peer reviewed journals, but have you ever cited your dad? I did. I mean, I cited my dad. Not yours.

“Thanks to Bob Manning for such a comparison. Manning is a retired airline pilot with thirty-three years and over 17,000 hours of experience flying for major US airlines.”

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 31/12/2025

As a teenager I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail over and over until I memorized every line. Today, I have an article on the 13th-century Queste del saint Graal published in Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies (@arthurianajrnl.bsky.social) www.arthuriana.com/35-4

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 27/12/2025

currently reading: Return to Earth (1980) by H.M. Hoover

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Scott Manning @scottmanning.com · 05/12/2025

Taun We and Boba Fett have brought a gift to get you into the holiday spirit

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