Re: The Silly Future, Or What Was Pohl Drinking?

jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James Nicoll) wrote:

> On a similar note, Orson Scott Card seems to have thought
>Quebec's nationalists were commies, or so I gather from his HOT
>SLEEP universe. I swear that all it takes to end rational thought
>with respect to a hypothetical region is to say "they speak French."
>In fact, I expect to be provided with proof of this in follow-ups.

This was also a keeper.

>of water" is ludicrous. Any future where the main source of H2 is
>Jupiter is almost as bad.

Or a sign of a truly developed solar system, needing lots of H2?

-xx- Damien X-)
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