Re: Nebula Finalists 1982

On Sat, 11 May 2024 03:30:19 -0000 (UTC), Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2024 00:51:05 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
 

On 8 May 2024 13:06:36 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
 

I agree with the May (and the other two). The May is one of the rare
cases where my opinion of the first book of a series went down as I
read more of the series.  There are plenty of series where my opinion
of the series goes down after I read more, but not many where the
opinion of the first book itself goes down.

 
I thought the first of the May books was the weakest of the series and
that they improved as she went on.
 
For me one of the best scenes was the creation of the Mediterranian
sea following the breaking of the rock formation of which Gibraltar
was part (and the only surviving portion of the rock face) - which one
of the main characters of the book played a critical part.

 
I've encountered that theory before. Also applied to the Red Sea with
the Bab al-Mandab the result of the breach.
 
Both, IIRC, were claimed to be what produced all those flood legends.

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The drying of both, and the subsequent flooding, aren't theories; they're
well established, with lots of evidence.  Othboth occurred a few
million years ago, before modern humans evolved.

Genetic memory can be a power thing. Well, so I have read. It may not
even exist, who can say?

However, the Black Sea partially dried up during the Ice Ages, and flooded
again when the Mediterranean rose enough to enter through the Bosporus.
Various dates have been proposed, including around 5600 BC. That has been
proposed  as the source of Flood legends.

A third candidate!

All of these theories take it for granted that "all the earth" refers
to a local (if large) area. And enhancements to the story over time.

OTOH, with several of these stories running around, that something
happened to prompt them is an attractive proposition. Note that I do
not say a correct one, however.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"