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

Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/15/2024 9:54 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 11/15/2024 5:58 AM, 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:
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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
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For what purpose have the enigmatic Overlords taken control of Earth?
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hush-dont-cry

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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.

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Tons and tons, he said in the tone of someone who needed to produce eight
hundred to sixteen hundred words for tor today.

 
One, two, three, four....

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16 more fingers and toes to go.  That is, assuming that James has all of
his fingers and toes.

Against the Fall of Night and City and the Stars, except that the overlords
have disappeared and left us alone but we didn't notice.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."