Ever read a story written in the recent past and think the author almost tells today's (when you read it) news.
Was reading Rough Diamond by Ernest Bywater last week and seem close to what I read about DHS recently, about how they act.
Ever read a story written in the recent past and think the author almost tells today's (when you read it) news.
Was reading Rough Diamond by Ernest Bywater last week and seem close to what I read about DHS recently, about how they act.
"There is nothing new under the sun"
I have found very little in all my years of reading, anything which does not bear a resemblance to recent, current, or past history.
Prophecy would not be such a lucrative business if humans were not so predictable.
Gary
Ever read a story written in the recent past and think the author almost tells today's (when you read it) news.
One jumps immediately to mind. In 1994 Tom Clancy wrote a novel called "Debt of Honor". And in the climax, a 747 was crashed into the Capitol Building.
Something that reviewers at the time dismissed as extremely unlikely.
One jumps immediately to mind. In 1994 Tom Clancy wrote a novel called "Debt of Honor". And in the climax, a 747 was crashed into the Capitol Building.
On that 9.11, I was walking by a TV shop when I saw the 2nd plane crash into the tower. I immediately thought, "Oh, I didn't catch that they made a film of Clancy's Debt of Honor and just walked on. It was only when I got back to the office that and found our two receptionist ladies in tears that I began to get a real inkling of what had happened.
Was milking a cow when my mother came and told me.
Was about the only day on the farm that only the most important work was done. Spent the whole day watching the tv.
It happens a lot, and, frankly, it should.
Authors, especially thriller authors and science fiction authors, often write stories about what they think could happen in the future. Given the large number of authors, simple statistics say that a few of them are going to get it right.
On top of that, there seem to be a strand of tech bros who are actually trying to implement the cyberpunk novels they read in their teens and twenties. The odds of those books successfully predicting the future are better. Unfortunately, because several of them are actually dystopias.