Re: American War a dystopic novel

On 31/08/2024 16.17, Robert Carnegie wrote:

On 31/08/2024 07:18, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vaubfv$srme$2@dont-email.me>,
Bobbie Sellers  <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

On 8/30/24 18:49, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >> And is pretty hard science that there is no way to defend the land
from the rising water. Exactly how fast it will happen is the main
dispute. I live in California where we have earthquakes and

>
The Dutch might dispute that..

 Let's table that point.  On the other hand: Venice.
 

Not sure this one would be for me, sounds a bit too bleak.
>
Trying to think of other SF examples of sea rise, but all that's coming
to mind (other than the sinking of Atlantis) right now is the XKCD "Time"
sequence.

 John Wyndham, _The Kraken Wakes_ (sea people are angry)
>
Stephen Baxter, _Flood_, _Ark_ (similar)

I seem to recall that the Gulf of Mexico went way up the Mississippi in WJW's
_The Rift_. But, that might have been due to an earthquake rather than melt.
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