May 2006 Message from Dan (Author of "Message from a Time Traveler"

Dan Simmons Website ^ | May, 2005 | Dan Simmons

[Paradox]

"It never occurred to me in my earlier creations of these freewheeling monthly or bimonthly "Messages from Dan" that I would have to write a Message about a previous Message. But it seems obvious that I must do just that. (For those visitors who may have missed the April 2006 Message, please find it in the archives linked above—or be warned that what follows here will be very cryptic, at best.)"...

Other forum-posters were incensed that I could not see the true evil stalking the world today—the United States of America, with the mendacious madman George W. Bush at the center of this expansionist evil empire, dispatching the U.S. Marine Corps to steal oil from innocent nations, subjugate them, and to slaughter babies there.

There’s nothing new in this response. It is a very small (although very common) mental box and it seems to satisfy its occupants’ needs for superiority, condescension, simplification, demonization, and conspiracy. It does interest me that the two people posting the most hyperbolic condemnations of the United States on this forum—explanations that it is actual genocide that the imperialist America and its lying, conniving, murderous president (and, by association, all other Americans) are promulgating and executing—are from Germany and Serbia. The irony here speaks for itself and will be passed by without further comment.

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[tonycavanagh]

I recommend them, I would love to get the view of a American from the south or deep south as you are.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

He does get it. I am impressed.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

bttt

[Knitting A Conundrum]

you might find this interesting.

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping.

I will read it later when I get the chance.

:-D

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It's long, but it's a most excellent analysis. I wish I knew who to ping to get them talking about it.

[fanfan]

Try KP.

He'll know.

Sorry, I'm loaded up with work right now. :-(

[Knitting A Conundrum]

worked most of the day myself!

650 4 $a Artefacts.
650 4 $a Surveys.
651 0 $a Beaverhead-Deerlodge N.F. (Mont.)
651 4 $a Montana
710 1 $a United States. $b Forest Service.

And so on and so forth all day....plugged into classical music, one book at a time.

(and no, I didn't spell artefacts wrong. That's the way the Keyword thesaurus I use makes you spell it.)

[#1CTYankee]

Thanks for the post, good read.

1st time I've heard of this Author, he writes well.
Down to the Library I'll be headed.

[#1CTYankee]

BTTT

[AnnaZ]

Did you read Simmons's April message?

[#1CTYankee]

"Did you read Simmons's April message?"

Indeed I did, looks like some libs didn't like it very much either.

[AnnaZ]

Indeed I did, looks like some libs didn't like it very much either.

No, they didn't. Loons.

I didn't "like" it either, but for very different reasons.

[#1CTYankee]

"I didn't "like" it either, but for very different reasons."

Because it was disturbing? I thought it was well written.

[AnnaZ]

Very disturbing. It haunted me for days like nothing I had ever read before.

[#1CTYankee]

"Very disturbing. It haunted me for days like nothing I had ever read before."

Makes you think.
The subsequent and lengthly May-June 2006 Message is where he reveals the information (Historical and current) he used to form a basis of the story, it is here where the really disturbing information is found.

IMHO