[Paradox]

I know his essay caused a big rukus, and was especially like here on FR. There are several long threads about it on the forums of his website, he occasionaly posts in them.

Like Orson Scott Card, Simmons gets it. He is no right-wing lunatic, like we are, either :)

[RobbyS]

Contrafactual history can be useful. If Saddam had not been deposed, there is not much doubt that he would now be building an "Arab" bomb with the support of the Saudis, who are scared to death about Iran. Of course, he could point his missles in the other direction and achieve what he could not in 1991, which is supremacy in the Gulf and the nemesis of Israel.

[rikkir]

Is this the same Dan Simmons who wrote "Mine" and "Boys Life"?
If so I've been a fan for a long time, back to his horror days. I believe he wrote a book years ago called "Swan Song". It is one of my all time favorites.

[AnnaZ]

I can't wait for his May message, and, since it's already the 2nd, I already am.