Five Thinly Veiled Versions of Rome in SF
Nov. 11th, 2024 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicoll
For some science fiction authors, all roads really do lead to Rome.
Five Thinly Veiled Versions of Rome in SF
james_davis_nicollFor some science fiction authors, all roads really do lead to Rome.
Five Thinly Veiled Versions of Rome in SF
no subject
Date: 2024-11-13 02:18 am (UTC)I seem to have accidentally informed Tor I am in my teens.
" It seems some Romans spent 1800 years hiding amongst the post-Imperial barbarians until the opportunity arose to re-establish Rome. Surprisingly, that is not the most implausible element of the novel."
The mind boggles. Science, plot, or both?