Darth Richard II Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 So I spotted this and B&M today, and am torn about picking it up. Not that I think it would be insultig or anything but I have, like most people I think, bad bad meories of that day. I;ve always thought tthoguh that it would be an interesting uh, subject? for scifi to explore. As far as I know I think only Gibson, King, and JOe Hill have ever mentioned the event directly. (King seems somewhat obessed with it, but that's another topic). So, anyone give this a go yet? Revelvant amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Towers-Speculative-Fiction-Post-9/dp/1597808393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441168327&sr=1-1&keywords=in+the+shadow+of+the+towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Fringe, the TV show, did make use of the fact in that the alternate universe had the twin towers still standing. I suspect that if you want to have an alternate world setting, this would be a most useful marker, rather than using the assasination of JFK as has been, pardon the pun, done to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Ah yes, I forgot about fringe. The Sarah Conor Chronicles made mention of it too. And holy shit I forgot about Ex Machina. Thus us why I should not post when half awake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 R.S. Belcher's new book uses the attack as a major pillar of the plot. I'd be willing to flip through it, by title I would guess it explores changes in the themes of bestsellers (such as the rise of low hope world's ie GRIMDARK). That's just a guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Sounds very interesting. However, "Kanye West: Re-Animator" does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 It's short stories. I'll probably pick up, my interest is raised now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 farscape used it in a super cheesy way. superior though was one of the show's protagonists making a suicide plane crash attack on a military installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Schwartz's "Superpowers" used it as a plot point IIRC. Did Dan Simmons ever refer to it directly? I know it was the trigger for him going total batshit. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Did Dan Simmons ever refer to it directly? I know it was the trigger for him going total batshit. :dunno: IIRC he mentioned it briefly in either Ilium or Olympos. I believe he basically just listed a number of disasters and that was one he chose to include. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 I didn't know Farscape ran long enough to use it. Simmons, man, that's a whole topic in itself, I don't think he has ever used it his novels. He had that uh, "blog post" though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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