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Looking for Old Sci Fi story posted here years ago
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Posted on 03/02/2026 6:17:10 PM PST by kalee

Does any one remember a post from many years ago that fits this description.

The Setting: A man is in his study/living room at night, reading by lamplight. * The Visitor: A man appears suddenly. He is gaunt, weary, and dressed in strange or rugged clothing. He reveals he is a descendant of the man he is visiting. * The Warning: He describes a total collapse of American civilization. He explains that there is a way to stop it, but it requires a specific, seemingly mundane change in the present. * The Cryptic Ending: In the final moments, the visitor leans in and whispers the actual catalyst of the apocalypse. The protagonist is so profoundly shaken and terrified by what he hears that he cannot—or will not—repeat it to the reader. The story ends with the protagonist sitting in the dark, unable to look at the world the same way.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dansimmons; dhimmitude; eurabia; freerepublic; honeypot; mysterious3words; oldpost; scifi; thetimetraveller; timetraveler; vanity

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To: sloanrb

Dan Simmons passed away last month.


41 posted on 03/02/2026 8:25:26 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: FlatulusMaximus

That is the story I was looking for.
Current events made me remember it over the weekend but I couldn’t find it.
I remembered it was discussed here so thought I’d ask.


42 posted on 03/02/2026 9:33:48 PM PST by kalee
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To: ConservativeMind

Wow, how odd that I suddenly thought of this story over the weekend.


43 posted on 03/02/2026 9:35:15 PM PST by kalee
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To: small farm girl

Who are they?


44 posted on 03/02/2026 9:36:34 PM PST by kalee
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To: kalee

900 posts and I missed the whole thread! The most chilling comment for the last 3 words was ‘New York City’. As if they knew it would elect a Mozlem mayor!


45 posted on 03/02/2026 9:37:10 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thank you!


46 posted on 03/02/2026 9:37:55 PM PST by kalee
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To: kalee; All

Thank you to everyone who responded.
I appreciate your help.


47 posted on 03/02/2026 9:39:58 PM PST by kalee
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To: kalee

This story was written as a warning against Islam. Fortunately the ultimate weakness with Islam is that it cannot handle the truth. Without Lies , Islam Dies. Thanks to the Internet Mozlems all over the World are exposed to views that are normally censored. I believe this rejection of Islam in Iran is because of the Internet exposing people to the truth.

What is happening to Iran is historic. Never before has an Islamic country had a revolt against Islam itself. The only time Islam has lost territory has been when outside forces have been victorious.  This could be the war that eventually burns down the whole merciless Islamic Colonization Mafia. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of this cancerous 14 century long plague of ruthless evil ?

48 posted on 03/02/2026 9:45:32 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: hole_n_one; BigFreakinToad

That’s nothing. If you really want to be concerned, copy and paste the last sentence you posted to GOOGLE.


49 posted on 03/02/2026 9:58:11 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
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To: ConservativeMind

Thanks for the heads up. I can hardly believe it has been that long. My eldest daughter was a newborn when I posted it. Sorry to hear that Dan passed away last month, he was an amazing writer. He wrote about Trump long before Trump went into politics.


50 posted on 03/02/2026 10:00:28 PM PST by Mr170IQ
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To: kalee
Having read the original story , thanks to your post today, For the mysterious three words not to be written I like 'America Nukes Mecca' as one that is totally shocking. I have come up with another: Matthew Seven Fifteen.

Matthew 7:15 is a warning from Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount to "beware of false prophets," who appear harmless like sheep but are dangerous "ravenous wolves" inwardly. Shocking in that Jesus predicts that an evil prophet will come after him and that you shall know him by his fruits. The fruits in this case being all the terrible things Islam is known for.

51 posted on 03/03/2026 12:49:37 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: ConservativeMind

I’m sorry to hear that Dan Simmons has died. I always liked his writing.


52 posted on 03/03/2026 4:09:01 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: BigFreakinToad

The CIA has a folder. Each of us (FReepers) have a page in that folder.
Prove me wrong.


53 posted on 03/03/2026 4:22:07 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: GranTorino

can’t, you are correct


54 posted on 03/03/2026 6:17:23 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (Ice, Ice Baby)
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To: NEMDF

Not me... I had not embraced writing at that point in time.


55 posted on 03/03/2026 6:44:56 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: GranTorino
The CIA has a folder. Each of us (FReepers) have a page in that folder. Prove me wrong.

The CIA loves me and wants nothing but good things for me.

56 posted on 03/03/2026 6:46:11 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: Nateman

That could be it.


57 posted on 03/03/2026 9:15:13 AM PST by kalee
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To: kalee

following...


58 posted on 03/03/2026 11:56:30 AM PST by colorcountry (The gospel will transform our politics, not vice versa (Romans 12:1,2))
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To: hole_n_one
collapse caused by a specific, yet ultimately unspoken, modern behavior


59 posted on 03/03/2026 12:00:54 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: hole_n_one
collapse caused by a specific, yet ultimately unspoken, modern behavior


60 posted on 03/03/2026 12:05:26 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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