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   The Natural Philosopher to Bobbie Sellers   
   Re: naughty Pascal   
   11 Jan 26 11:05:32   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/01/2026 23:39, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On 1/10/26 11:44, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:42:47 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> It did if you lived in Doggerland, or used to walk from Australia   
   >>> to Indonesia.   
   >>   
   >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Spring   
   >>   
   >> The rest of the trilogy, 'Bronze Summer' and 'Iron Winter', are   
   >> okay but the focus moves from Doggerland.   
   >   
   > When Doggerland is submerged and the people have to leave it it   
   > seems totally logical that the focus would change to ancientry.   
   > Remember Doggerland was prehistoric so I cannot even say ancienty   
   > history but whatever the author according to his education can   
   > imagine of those times.   
   >   
   Depends on your definition of prehistoric. Or ancient history.   
      
   Archaelogy has brought mots of human 'prehistory' into the class of   
   'fairly well known history'   
      
   > Worthwhile book in 'Stone Spring' in my ever so humble opinion   
   >   
   > Bliss   
   >   
      
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