Monday, May 6, 2013

Game of Thrones: Chaos Is a Ladder.

Master of Chaos. Lord Petyr Baelish aka Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen).

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, buy they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.

—Lord Petyr Baelish to Lord Varys in Game of Thrones, Season 3 Episode 6, “The Climb.”


Game of Thrones Ditches the Book. By Ross Douthat, Spencer Kornhaber, and Christopher Orr. The Atlantic, May 6, 2013.

Discussion of Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 6: “The Climb.” Panel with Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, and Cenk Uygur. Video. What the Flick, May 6, 2013. YouTube.




Game of Thrones Recap: Chaos Is a Ladder. By Nina Shen Rastogi. Vulture, May 6, 2013.

Five Essay Prompts for Game of Thrones 3x6: “The Climb.” By Drew Grant and Noam Cohen. New York Observer, May 6, 2013.

“Game of Thrones” Q&A: Aidan Gillen on the Life of Littlefinger. By Sean T. Collins. Rolling Stone, May 8, 2013.

More on Game of Thrones here, here, here, here, and here.

Game of Thrones 3x06: Petyr Baelish and Varys, Chaos Is a Ladder. Video. GameOfThrones2013, May 5, 2013. YouTube. Also find it here and here. Find it joined with Jon Snow and Ygritte atop the Wall here.




Game of Thrones 3x06, The Climb: Jon Snow and Ygritte Scenes. Video. AlanHDTVShows, May 6, 2013. YouTube. Also find it in four parts here, here, here, and here.


No Kinky Porn, Please – We’re English. By Robin Lindley and Julie Peakman.

No Kinky Porn, Please – We’re English. Julie Peakman interviewed by Robin Lindley. History News Network, May 6, 2013.

Memoirs of Fanny Hill. By John Cleland. Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1888. Originally published 1749.

Illustrations to Fanny Hill. By Édouard-Henri Avril. Wikipedia.

Saying Farewell to Stonewall Jackson. By Wallace A. Hettle.

It’s Not You, Stonewall, It’s Me. By Wallace A. Hettle. History News Network, May 6, 2013.


Stonewall Jackson. By D.W. King (1864).

Getting Beyond the “Clash of Civilizations.”

Getting Beyond the “Clash of Civilizations.” By David Cannadine. History News Network, May 6, 2013.

What It Would Take to Bring Democracy to Syria. By Thomas L. Friedman.

This Ain’t Yogurt. By Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times, May 4, 2013.

Syria Is Not Iraq. By Bill Keller. New York Times, May 5, 2013.

The Last Refuge From Scandal? Professorships. By Ariel Kaminer.

The Last Refuge From Scandal? Professorships. By Ariel Kaminer. New York Times, May 4, 2013.

Laura Bryna’s Tribute to the Hometown Heroes of Jacksonian America.

Laura Bryna: Hometown Heroes. Video. AGRTelevisionRecords, October 22, 2009. YouTube.