This reminds me of the Ray Bradbury story "And the Rock Cried Out," about a U.S. couple stranded in South America after a nuclear way destroys the U.S. Most people they meet won't help, since they perceive North Americans as their oppressors, and not the power is reversed. There's a minor character who befriends them, and when asked if he's read the news of what happened to North America, tells them that he *never* reads a newspaper when it first come out, he always sets them aside for a few weeks, as most news isn't really important.
Leave it to Ray Bradbury to come up with that. I confess to having a similar attitude. So many stories are like soap operas and can be followed after sizable lapses. Often, they are best followed after such lapses.
This reminds me of the Ray Bradbury story "And the Rock Cried Out," about a U.S. couple stranded in South America after a nuclear way destroys the U.S. Most people they meet won't help, since they perceive North Americans as their oppressors, and not the power is reversed. There's a minor character who befriends them, and when asked if he's read the news of what happened to North America, tells them that he *never* reads a newspaper when it first come out, he always sets them aside for a few weeks, as most news isn't really important.
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ReplyDeleteLeave it to Ray Bradbury to come up with that. I confess to having a similar attitude. So many stories are like soap operas and can be followed after sizable lapses. Often, they are best followed after such lapses.
Michael