| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
| Total number of notes: | 18728 |
i have noticed a scary trend in sf, the long drawn out nuclear
war. i first noticed it in RAH novel FRIDAY where alot of small
groups had the bomb, you really didn't know who was fighting who
but just that a major city would go in the world once a month...
it cropped up again in John Varley novel DEMON. it strikes me
as a new trend of the 80's where before we would go in a bang,
now it seem like a russian roulette like wimper. although the
comparison seem moot when its your city, it seems scary to endure
7-10 year of the same type of tension we experienced in the
cuban missile crisis. any thoughts on this, would such a war be
possible?
p.s. sorry to be in the dr strangelove mode i think the nova/frontline
rerun on star war triggered it off..."gentlemen!! there is no fighting
in the war room!"
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| 517.1 | JLR::REDFORD | Wed Aug 19 1987 23:03 | 10 | ||
A drawn-out, sputtering, nuclear war seems more likely to me than the
single spasm that is usually described. Everyone knows that the spasm
would be the end of all sides, and maybe of all humanity. Strategic
planners have to look at the worst case, but that's not necessarily
the most probable. A few hotheads might fire some missiles at the
start of the war, but then it would settle down into a long war of
attrition. Would this be worse? Of course not, since the alternative
is possible extinction.
/jlr
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| 517.2 | Nitpick | AKOV76::BOYAJIAN | Science Is Golden | Thu Aug 20 1987 05:17 | 7 |
re:.0
The actual quote from DR. STRANGELOVE is:
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here; this is the War Room!"
--- jerry
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| 517.3 | its ok | AMULET::STOLOS | Thu Aug 20 1987 13:49 | 18 | |
< Note 517.2 by AKOV76::BOYAJIAN "Science Is Golden" >
-< Nitpick >-
re:.0
The actual quote from DR. STRANGELOVE is:
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here; this is the War Room!"
--- jerry
re:-
jerry feel free to nitpick when ever you want. i'm a fan of alot
of your commentary, and remember liking the little note you did
on ALIENS , good analysis and interesting ideas.
pete
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