tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post9091453540800208318..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: O Jerusalem!Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-33075973716796192652017-07-02T03:35:58.812+01:002017-07-02T03:35:58.812+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Commenting on your last sentence: I f...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Commenting on your last sentence: I fear many of us, myself included, find it rather FUN to destroy things! I remember making toy forts from "Lincoln Logs" as a boy and then BOMBARDING them. So, I can easily imagine SF authors like Wells, Anderson, Stirling, Pournelle/Niven, etc., doing so on a far vaster scale!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-16830769697542920122017-06-28T19:59:58.750+01:002017-06-28T19:59:58.750+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And Rome and Jerusalem, of course, su...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And Rome and Jerusalem, of course, suffered the same fate as all other post-Change cities. Immediate collapse and mass starvation! The John Paul II of that timeline refused to leave Rome, instead ordering his cardinals and as many others as possible to flee. It was in the 1998 of that timeline that Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope as Benedict XVI after JP II's death. Even as late as the post-Change AD 2021-22, Rome was apparently still thought uninhabitable.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com