Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

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Date : 16. Nov 2024, 10:00:18
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:58:55 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

In article <pan$f768$bdeea429$aec6f28b$58f43363@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
On 3 Nov 2024 13:17:57 -0000, James Nicoll wrote:
>
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
 
For what purpose have the enigmatic Overlords taken control of Earth?
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hush-dont-cry
>
Are there any other examples of overlordship in SF? Defined as humankind
placed under involuntary governance by either extraterrestrials or a
special class of other humans, for either benign or malign reasons.
 
Tons and tons, he said in the tone of someone who needed to produce
eight hundred to sixteen hundred words for tor today.

OK. While I look up the titles that were given, I thought of a
qualification that could narrow things down. There has to be a
message to humans that the overlordship is for the good of
humanity -- whether of not the overlords mean it. This would
exclude stories simply of opression by a superclass.


Date Sujet#  Auteur
3 Nov 24 * [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke12James Nicoll
3 Nov 24 +- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1Robert Woodward
15 Nov 24 `* Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke10Charles Packer
15 Nov 24  +- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1D
15 Nov 24  +- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
15 Nov 24  +* Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke5James Nicoll
15 Nov 24  i+* Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke3Dimensional Traveler
15 Nov 24  ii`* Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke2Lynn McGuire
18 Nov 24  ii `- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1Scott Dorsey
16 Nov 24  i`- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1Charles Packer
15 Nov 24  +- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1Paul S Person
18 Nov 24  `- Re: [Tears] Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke1Scott Dorsey

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