Escaping History
At a panel at Eastercon— or perhaps it was the interview, I’m not sure– I made a statement that seemed to catch everyone by surprise.
“If we ever succeed in populating other worlds,” I said, “the first thing they’ll do is lose interest in Earth history, because none of it will be relevant.”
Which seemed to shock a lot of history-loving SF fan to the core. But consider: what if the past is not merely another country,it’s another solar system? If the nations of Bozniagraphica-Nostra Patersdolf si...
“If we ever succeed in populating other worlds,” I said, “the first thing they’ll do is lose interest in Earth history, because none of it will be relevant.”
Which seemed to shock a lot of history-loving SF fan to the core. But consider: what if the past is not merely another country,it’s another solar system? If the nations of Bozniagraphica-Nostra Patersdolf si...
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