From: Russell Whitaker (russell_whitaker@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 18:13:10 MST
>From: "Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au>
[SNIP]
>By the next millenium? I saw that on TV. Astounding foresight required for
>that prediction. You'd need a brain the size of a planet. Hmm, probably you
>might get one by the end of the millenium.
>
[SNIP]
This somehow reminds me of Olaf Stapledon's classic
"Last & First Men" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486219623).
I read it about 10 years ago, was impressed at its
historical sweep and beautiful prose, especially given
its original publication date of 1930:
"http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb-bin/pbiblio.cgi?Olaf_Stapledon"
Russell
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