Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: [Tears] =?UTF-8?B?Q2hpbGRob29k4oCZcw==?= End by Arthur C. Clarke Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:58:55 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:58:55 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="11775"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1694 Lines: 21 In article , Charles Packer wrote: >On 3 Nov 2024 13:17:57 -0000, James Nicoll wrote: > >> Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke >> >> For what purpose have the enigmatic Overlords taken control of Earth? >> >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hush-dont-cry > >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. Tons and tons, he said in the tone of someone who needed to produce eight hundred to sixteen hundred words for tor today. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll