Re: (Tears) The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutliffe Hyne

On 25 Jul 2024 19:47:06 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

In article <pan$a4790$a0af0cca$73e010c8$ef6edf2a@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:23:56 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:
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The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutliffe Hyne
 
Phorenice rose from peasant's daughter to empress. Now she wants to be a
god. Deucalion might save Phorenice and Atlantis from Phorenice's folly
with the power of love... but Deucalion has fallen for another woman.
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/set-sail

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It seems that at the same time this novel was published in the
U.S and being reviewed by many newspapers, a long article about
a theory of Atlantis was sent out to papers all over the country:
 
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal-atlantis-
theory/151976532/

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This is completely obsolete.  Swedish scientists have definitively established
that the land called Atlantis is actually Ireland.
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https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/lost-city-atlantis-ireland

I notice it completely ignores the fact that Atlantis /sank into the
sea and was never seen again/. When last I checked, Ireland was still
above water.

Well, I suppose it does deal with it by attributing it to a tsunami.
But that still doesn't explain the lack of sinking.

Sane people believe Plato was talking about the island of Thera, near
Crete, which vanished when its volcano blew its top around 1600 BC.
Since this was 1100 years or so before Plato was around, a certain
amount of embellishment/conflation with other events is likely.

Other equally-sane people, of course, believe he made the whole thing
up.

Nutters, OTOH, ....

This means Aquaman should have a proper brogue.

That might make the live-action version a bit easier to take.

Or at least more pleasant to listen to. Provided "brogue" here refers
to an Irish accent that includes the lilt.

Well, unless you were referring to the Irish shoe, of course.

(I was hoping to refer to a song I know exists about a lighthouse
keeper and a member of a rock-and-roll band but trying to find it on
Bing is amazingly unproductive. Every time I see the live-action
Aquaman trailer I recall the line of the song I remember.)
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"