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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: [Tears] =?UTF-8?B?Q2hpbGRob29k4oCZcw==?= End by Arthur C. Clarke
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:00:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:58:55 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

> In article <pan$f768$bdeea429$aec6f28b$58f43363@cpacker.org>,
> Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> 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.

OK. While I look up the titles that were given, I thought of a 
qualification that could narrow things down. There has to be a 
message to humans that the overlordship is for the good of
humanity -- whether of not the overlords mean it. This would
exclude stories simply of opression by a superclass.