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  • (Review) The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 13:07:48 2023
    The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-a-little-breeze
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  • From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Tue Jun 6 08:02:43 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:07:53 AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
    The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-a-little-breeze

    Fifty three years ago. Hard to believe. Seeing the WTC in pop culture still comes
    as a bit of a shock. The towers were under construction at the time of writing, they weren't occupied until December 1970.

    As a (former) New Yorker who used to work in their shadow, the artist played fast and loose with Manhattan geography for this cover. Hint: The sun is appearing in the north.

    pt

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Tue Jun 6 15:23:39 2023
    In article <99508ba3-eec4-4dfb-8aab-4415bb867d3an@googlegroups.com>, pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:07:53 AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
    The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-a-little-breeze

    Fifty three years ago. Hard to believe. Seeing the WTC in pop culture
    still comes
    as a bit of a shock. The towers were under construction at the time of writing,
    they weren't occupied until December 1970.

    As a (former) New Yorker who used to work in their shadow, the artist played >fast and loose with Manhattan geography for this cover. Hint: The sun is >appearing in the north.

    Clearly humanity somehow shifted the Earth's axial tilt....

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Tue Jun 6 10:05:05 2023
    In article <99508ba3-eec4-4dfb-8aab-4415bb867d3an@googlegroups.com>,
    "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:07:53?AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
    The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-a-little-breeze

    Fifty three years ago. Hard to believe. Seeing the WTC in pop culture still comes
    as a bit of a shock. The towers were under construction at the time of writing,
    they weren't occupied until December 1970.

    As a (former) New Yorker who used to work in their shadow, the artist played fast and loose with Manhattan geography for this cover. Hint: The sun is appearing in the north.


    Perhaps that isn't the Sun (nuclear fireball below the horizon? asteroid
    hit, same?).

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    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Tue Jun 6 11:07:23 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 11:02:46 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:07:53 AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
    The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-a-little-breeze
    Fifty three years ago. Hard to believe. Seeing the WTC in pop culture still comes
    as a bit of a shock. The towers were under construction at the time of writing,
    they weren't occupied until December 1970.

    As a (former) New Yorker who used to work in their shadow, the artist played fast and loose with Manhattan geography for this cover. Hint: The sun is appearing in the north.

    That's just Canada on fire. Prophetic!

    William Hyde

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Tue Jun 6 17:32:13 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 7:07:53 AM UTC-6, James Nicoll wrote:

    What new horrors will June 6, 2023 bring?

    Well, thanks to irresponsible reporting in The Washington Post,
    Germany might halt weapons deliveries to Ukraine...

    John Savard

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Robert Woodward on Tue Jun 6 17:30:28 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 11:05:11 AM UTC-6, Robert Woodward wrote:

    Perhaps that isn't the Sun (nuclear fireball below the horizon? asteroid hit, same?).

    I suppose it could be a dome, under which some rich people
    unlawfully attempted to exempt themselves from the environmental
    catastrophe... something like that was actually an incident in the
    novel.

    John Savard

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