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Brother 2: Son of Brother (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, October 24th, 2019



If we say (and show) enough times that there are no more questions that need to be asked about the nature and future of Russia, it will become true

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Brothers and Keepers (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019



Danila is a dangerous mixed metaphor: an empty vessel and a hired gun. 

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The Poet and the Crowd (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, October 14th, 2019



These identities belong to the world of urban folklore

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The Fandom Menace (Russia’s Alien Nations

Eliot Borenstein Friday, October 11th, 2019



Nationalism as fandom

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A Song of Orcs and Trolls (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, October 7th, 2019



Americans who are paranoid about Russian trolls are trolling themselves.

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Salting the Earth (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Friday, October 4th, 2019



This is still fantasy, but it is neither that of Tolkien nor Warcraft.

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Orknash: Supporting the Home Team (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, September 30th, 2019



The Orc identity imagines rejection by the West, only to turn the Orc into an imaginary weapon against the West.

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The Tank Driver of Mordor (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, September 24th, 2019



Meet the Jeffrey Epstein of Middle Earth

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Off the Reservation (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Friday, September 20th, 2019



The “Orc question” becomes much more provocative when seen in terms of internal cultural dynamics.

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The Orc-Song of Mikhail Y. Elizarov (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, September 16th, 2019



The song is an implicit call for the renewal of Orc pride.

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Orcs Online (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Friday, September 13th, 2019



The Orc is the Sovok weaponized.

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Or(c)ientalism (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, September 9th, 2019



If the appeal to literary fantasy might seem to cheapen ideological discourse, then this is a job well done.

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The Hobbit Menace (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Wednesday, September 4th, 2019



Fine, we’ll be your evil empire.

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How to Read Like an Orc (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, August 29th, 2019



Fictional worlds are serious business

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There and Back Again (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, August 26th, 2019



Was the Soviet Union the model for Mordor?

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The Abuses of Enchantment (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, August 22nd, 2019



Tolkien has been accused of many things, but subtlety is not among them.

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The Fellowship of the Wrong (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, August 19th, 2019



Perhaps the Eye of Sauron is a bit too “on the nose”?

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Evil Empire: Love It or Leave It (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, August 15th, 2019



To some Russian audiences, the villains start looking uncomfortably…Russian.

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Sith Lords of the World, Unite! (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Monday, August 12th, 2019



The very last people who can determine what is universal bout such stories is the Anglo-Saxon audience.

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Creatures of Light and Darkness (Russia’s Alien Nations)

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, August 8th, 2019



Nothing says “Evil Empire” like the Eye of Sauron.

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