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zebra2  ·  2044 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sci-Fi club no. 40: A Colder War Discussion

I’m a sucker for sci-fi unknown phenomenon investigation, and combining that with the Cold War intrigue was a nice touch for the appeal of the piece. I was definitely left with a sense of wanting more exploration into the world, so maybe I’ll have to look into the author’s series that has a similar setting.

It’s pretty common to see Cold War fiction sending a “look what destruction we would bring on ourselves” message. Also not the first one I’ve seen mentioning this as an answer to the Fermi paradox (see Fermi and Frost).





OftenBen  ·  2042 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I’m a sucker for sci-fi unknown phenomenon investigation, and combining that with the Cold War intrigue was a nice touch for the appeal of the piece.

Same same same same same same.

I LOVE that shit.

Slides click through a series of black and white photographs. 'These were taken by our spy planes last night over REDACTED. You'll see they show REDACTED and elements of the REDACTED REDACTED'

I don't care what it is I am HOOKED.

It's probably why I love the SCP Foundation so much, even if I don't read much of it these days.