XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Paul S. Person"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:ac2b85d8tjpbb82ekb3cdvdscltkgdb26c@4ax.com...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >>> So the nuclear war presumed in the /very/ early novel (the protagonist   
   >>> is a 20th-century man transported into the far future, and the Empire   
   >>> in this novel knows darn well where Earth is) is replaced by Giskard   
   >>> enhancing the one unique feature of Earth, acting under his   
   >>> understanding of the Zeroth Law, and self-destructing because of his   
   >>> doubts about having acted correctly. The forced evacuation would,   
   >>> IIRC, take about 200 years, making it difficult but not impossible.   
   >>   
   >>A nuclear war is also rather clearly assumed to have taken in place on   
   >>Earth   
   >>in "The Stars, Like Dust".   
   >   
   > That's the one I was referring to. Sorry for any confusion.   
      
   The confusion is mine. I read that book a *very* long time ago. To my   
   recollcection, it was not that impressive an achievement.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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