Inspiration from my visit to Andrea today? Wide-ranging discussion. Maybe inspiration for a dystopian novel. Collapse of the West by 2028? Civil war in the US with the UK drawn in? China restoring order if not - certainly not - freedom? Could an sf author write a novel about that, then a novel set in a further future with a future history linking the two? Certainly. They have done that sort of thing already. Poul Anderson contemplated dystopias. His Psychotechnic History begins with recovery from World War III while his Technic History begins with recovery from the Chaos which, arguably, we are now in. Never say that sf is escapist. Well, some of it is. It covers everything.
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Kaor, Paul!
David Wingrove, in his CHUNG KUO series, shows a ruthless Chinese ruler with an ingenious idea for conquering the world: deliberately ruin not just the US but China as well. Betting he could make China survive the resulting chaos to end up master of a global Chung Kuo.
Ad astra! Sean
To have civil war, you need someone to fight on both sides. That's not on in the US, unless you count the people who needed padded "safe rooms".
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
True, but there are some in the US who deserve not just padded room, but at least a life sentence in prisons, such as the lunatics or fanatics shooting up churches.
Ad astra! Sean
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