The great disillusionment

[james_davis_nicoll]

Is it wrong, on the occasion of H.G.Wells' 143 birthday, to ponder what War of the Worlds might have been like had it been written from a pro-Martian Imperialism perspective by Rudyard Kipling?

Comments

[rpresser.livejournal.com]

For the ambitious, follow it up with _Fighting the Terran Insurgency_, where George W. Bush leads a band of rebels fighting a jihad against the Martian invaders. Again, told from the viewpoint of the Martians.

[rpresser.livejournal.com]

Never mind. George W. Bush in combat? I need to get back on my medication.

[martinl-00.livejournal.com]

GWB would not end up in a leadership position in an insurgency either.

OTOH, 'Geroge Bush' and 'Gunga Din' have the same number of syllables.

[tandw.livejournal.com]

Given the time period, how about a young Winston Churchill?

It occurs to me, though, that the Martian viewpoint Terran Resistance story might better be written by H Beam Piper.

[(Anonymous)]

Weren't H Beam Piper's Martians our ancestors?

Bruce

[tandw.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if that was canon in the Paratime stories, or if it was added by Roland Green in his Lord Kalvan sequel. The Martians of "Omnilingual" were humanoid, IIRC.