Posted on 12/18/2009 10:31:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
I’m glad you did.
Bump. I think about this from time to time too.
This was a great essay. If I remember correctly, he took a lot of heat for it.
Thank you very much!
America is in for a very rude awakening.
And I am going to be a Grandfather in April, 2010.
I know I am very dense and too literal minded, but what are the three words?
i have read a fair amount of simmons’ published work. Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion are just brilliant, imho. I did not care for the following 2 books (endymnion etc) nearly as much. I got bored of Ilium/etc.
This is an interesting piece.
It is a piece that every high school senior should be given as a reading project and allow for one hour of discussion. The thing about this...is that it demands that you sit and think over what has happened...and what will transpire in the future.
Absolutely horrifying. May it never come to pass.
The author shocks us into confronting the very real danger of Islam, but fails to factor the 90 million gun owners of America into his “historical” equation.
I believe that the American gun-owning public might just figure prominently in this story, somehow.
In the 90’s, I used to correspond with Ken Grimwood, who was a posting buddy from CompuServe. He sent me one of his books, I’m sure it was “Replay”, but I had no idea of what a great writer he was at the time. I went to look him up a while back to say “Hi”, and was very saddened to learn he had passed away. He was a really decent and funny man, and exceptionally talented.
I don’t know. I pondered what they could be for a long time after the essay was originally posted, but never figured it out. Perhaps someone else has some idea. A maddeningly brilliant literary technique, to be sure.
May I ask what prompted you to repost this?
Hells coming if we continue without clear thinking leadership in this Great Nation...
Thx for posting.
First I’ve heard of it.
My son and I shared reading of all of Simmon’s work.
Great stuff.
Hi brother..
Yes, you’re right. The next two years will determine how we end up ..TSGTHTF pretty quick.
—And I am going to be a Grandfather in April, 2010.-—
And I’m going to be a Grandmother in March.
This was an excellent piece. I remember the first time it came out...
Congratulations on becomming a Grandmother.!
I believe that the American gun-owning public might just figure prominently in this story, somehow.
I’m not sure. Something in the news recently, I think.
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