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The Time Traveler, by Dan Simmons
Dan Simmon's Home Page ^ | 04/01/2006 | Dan Simmons

Posted on 09/01/2015 4:11:21 PM PDT by tbw2

A time traveler from the future offers a history lesson on the "Long War" with Islam that he is still fighting.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Religion
KEYWORDS: fiction; islam; muslim; scifi
This brilliant science fiction short story was written a decade ago, but it is all too real for us today.
1 posted on 09/01/2015 4:11:21 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

When it was posted here way back when there was some lively speculation about the three words...


2 posted on 09/01/2015 4:16:48 PM PDT by null and void (Send them all back!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1609016/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1610142/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1743776/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411001/posts


3 posted on 09/01/2015 4:20:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: tbw2

Is there a pdf/nook/Kindle version?


4 posted on 09/01/2015 4:24:19 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: tbw2

Yup!


5 posted on 09/01/2015 4:26:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Paladin2

I only know of this short story version.


6 posted on 09/01/2015 4:28:51 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: SunkenCiv

I didn’t know it was OK to post the whole text, so I linked to the original posting of the short story.

What is horrifying is that the current regime is cheerleading the terrorists while seeing the Tea Party and veterans as the evil to be fought, making the scenario in this story all the more possible than when Bush was in office.


7 posted on 09/01/2015 4:30:27 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

bkmk


8 posted on 09/01/2015 4:35:12 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: null and void

Lord God Almighty! Please God, let your Lord of Hosts Jesus, protect American and wake us up before it is too late!


9 posted on 09/01/2015 4:35:36 PM PDT by gbscott1954 (Please come back Sarah!!!)
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To: tbw2

The three words. BHO. Our so called president.


10 posted on 09/01/2015 4:41:07 PM PDT by Ponyexpress9790
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To: Paladin2

You can use Calibre to convert almost any text file into ebook format. In this case, copy the text from the web site and paste it into notepad. Save the file and add it to your library in Calibre. Convert it with Calibre to the correct format for your ebook and then add it to your device.

Calibre is free -

http://calibre-ebook.com/


11 posted on 09/01/2015 5:32:12 PM PDT by Ivan
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To: Ivan

In a review, I think I read this before. I’m not sure the is anything new here.


12 posted on 09/01/2015 5:35:22 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: null and void

Yeah, I am still waiting for those words.


13 posted on 09/01/2015 8:04:33 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: SunkenCiv

thanks for the ping


14 posted on 09/01/2015 8:25:48 PM PDT by GOPJ (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: tbw2

Yeah, but just remember, McCain or Romney would have been worse. /s


15 posted on 09/02/2015 2:39:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Ancesthntr

I originally imagined “Tel Aviv Israel”, “New York City”, “Washington DC”.
More recently, I see “ISIS nukes Mecca” or “Saudi-Iran exchange”.


16 posted on 09/05/2015 2:29:20 PM PDT by tbw2
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