One of Blish's very minor novels, in which a human of the modern
era is transported thousands of years into the future, where humanity
has fallen on hard times.
And ISTM -- although I haven't ever seen this corroborated by Wolfe
mavens -- a major influence on Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.
Re: Setting request: melancholy sense of wonder ...apocalypse, but humanity has not. ... I don't know, something that wipes out humanity, but leaves the world almost in place. ... and use fairly modern breeds of animal and crop. ... I'd go with bio-machines, more like zombies than robots: the nano-bots have to be self-replicating to do the job, and then they're little more than living cells anyway. ... (rec.games.frp.dnd)
Re: DICE II Firewire Driver Settings ...literature, bad music, and mp3 players;) But we have to pick our ... The Modern World must, by definition, look pretty bad to anybody, ... in any age or era, with half a hope for their childrens' futures, ... of understanding eludes us with modern digital systems. ... (rec.audio.pro)
Re: How Agassi exposes the poverty of talent in this era. ...game will have probably slowed down quite a bit compared to the explosion we ... > It is important - it measure greatness in your era v your peers.... ... > I suspect Hoad would smash Hewitt in today's game with a modern racket.... terms of this kind of comparison, there is some basis for comparison of the ... (rec.sport.tennis)
