Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=5BTears=5D_Childhood=E2=80=99s_End_by_Arthur_C=2E_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Clarke?= Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:36:59 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:37:00 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7c68042bff049cf1294d290b140f5df5"; logging-data="3763499"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ehIYMRc532n26j4Y3UpRosVukysJ9Pkc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:qvwahUzkTguZcyxXRG/LCCVYA2A= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2191 On 11/15/2024 9:54 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > On 11/15/2024 5:58 AM, James Nicoll wrote: >> 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. > > One, two, three, four.... 16 more fingers and toes to go. That is, assuming that James has all of his fingers and toes. Lynn