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Old 04-15-2015, 02:40 PM   #1004
Randyman
 
Join Date: May 2009
Default Re: New Reality Seeds

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Originally Posted by tshiggins View Post
I disliked that series, because Stirling had to warp human economic, cultural, social and political realities so much, just to make the Draka viable.

Weirdly, I found that rather comforting, too.
Exactly my point. Any AH that includes "Africa as a sociopolitical powerhouse" has to warp and twist so hard that any result might as well be set on a terraformed Venus.
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