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.
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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.
Steve,
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.
Michael
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