Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco

[james_davis_nicoll]

More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.

Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco

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[james_davis_nicoll]

Tor dot com article 400, 2023 article 47

[bibliofile]

Happy 400th article! Please continue.

[dagibbs]

Your last couple articles have only had 4! What happened to five?

[james_davis_nicoll]

Trying to avoid repeating myself sometimes means I cannot use examples already used.

[ba_munronoe]

How long have you been doing this "X examples of Y" series now?

[james_davis_nicoll]

Since October 2017.

[alexxkay]

Perhaps you might allow repeats after a certain time period has elapsed. Five years would give you some back right away.

[patrick_morris_miller]

People clearly need to write more books.

[chrysostom]

James clearly needs to READ more books. /s

[ba_munronoe]

I'm not sure James can significantly increase his current throughput, unless we find some way to cybernetically enhance him. Anyone have six million (inflation-adjusted) dollars available?

[patrick_morris_miller]

He could do like Harriet Klausner did and straight up lie.

[carbonel]

ObCopyeditor, since I think you've done it twice: there is no definite article in the book title Earth Abides. The title comes from Ecclesiastes: "Men go and come, but earth abides."

[voidampersand]

Earth is not like, The Dude.

[scott_sanford]

Since we're talking about San Franciscan science fiction, has anyone ever written a story in which The Dude hangs out with Emperor Norton?

[voidampersand]

If so, I want to read it. I have a long-standing rule of collecting any science fiction story with Napoleon or Mark Twain as characters. Emperor Norton would definitely qualify. We should also include Her Royal Majesty, Empress of San Francisco, José I, The Widow Norton.

[patrick_morris_miller]

Someone's probably written a story in which The Dude is Emperor Norton.