Somehow missed this thread. Huzzah to Yuri!

This really is gold, thank you for sharing. “Not only would indiscriminate attacks on civilians be arguably immoral, she points out, they’d potentially invite other countries to do the same, or worse.”

Well, Chekhov fits well between Dostoyevsky and Saltykov-Shchedrin.

Can’t quite access the link, so here it is: the link

Thank you, once again.

Thank you for sharing. Do you happen to know what particular events lyrics refer to? Something around 1964? Edit: found after cursory search https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr073.htm

To be fair - Johnny Silverhand we meet is a heavily modified verison. Both memories, personality and (possibly) appearance are altered by someone, who may or may not be Yorinobu Arasaka.

Then there is base tabletop, creator of which (M. Pondsmith) is said to favour Nomads.

“Who is laughing now?” - mice, probably.

There are already good advices here - but I would like to suggest something that seems obvious, but might still be overlooked: consider several most likely questions your professor will ask, and prepare answers for them.

Also happens in other locales (i.e. Moscow), to similiar effect.

Alternatively, add “Original by” above / in front of the signature.

This is funny, because it is true. But also sad, for exact same reason.

A number of good ones is already mentioned, but one is oddly missing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_from_Prostokvashino There are 3 soviet movies, and one post-Soviet. Ignore the latter. Obligatory animal characters included.

Or, rather, shares a name with (est. 1856).

Comrades, please be nice to each other, and argue in good faith. Also please do not randomly downvote.

Frank Herbert vibes from the first paragraph.

Thank you for sharing this; have not actually finished reading just yet. Some “political” connecctions author makes do seem… Very particular. Search for “Marx”, “Lenin”, “Communism” in the document if you would like.

Actually after having done that myself, perhaps it does, in part, belong to TL;DR. Thankfully the author did account for that.

Gentlemen.