[Narz]

I just read The First Men by Howard Fast last night (you can read the whole thing thru the link).

Not peak oil related but a cool little short story. Enjoy!

[aldente]

I clicked on the link. There is a lot to read.
I closed it after about 8 seconds, soley focussing on the lengh of text and the estimated time it would take to read it.

In other words, I have no idea what it is all about.

Could you provide a short synopsis or at least a reason why any of us should skim through that text? I hate to scan through random content due to the data overload that we all have to live with.

[Narz]

If you describe the meaning of that picture, it's disturbing but oddly captivating.

[aldente]

Gives you a visual of how one feels on data overload

[shakespear1]

The photo is original. Where is it from?

[Narz]

It's science fiction. I don't want to summarize too much or I'll give some of the plot away.

Basically it's about a human experiment project. A bit far fetched but it struck a chord with me for some reason.

[Chaparral]

That pic reminds me of an Anna Karenina ballet I saw in San Fran a year or so ago.

[Newsseeker]

I like the pic too.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('albente', 'I') clicked on the link. There is a lot to read.
I closed it after about 8 seconds, soley focussing on the lengh of text and the estimated time it would take to read it.

In other words, I have no idea what it is all about.

Could you provide a short synopsis or at least a reason why any of us should skim through that text? I hate to scan through random content due to the data overload that we all have to live with.

[TWilliam]

An excellent short story Narz, thanks for the link.

Of course, the "final solution" was (sadly) predictable.

And albente if you're interested then read it. That's the point of a story, not having it "summarized" for you by someone else...

[shakespear1]

Good SF story. Enjoyed it

What if we tried it ?

[aldente]

SF Chronicle is a cheesy newspaper compared to the LA Times. I avoid it.

Do I evaluate the time that I need to read a book when buying it? I don't think so. The two books that I 'eat up' and couldn't stop reading for breakfast, during work, lunch, dinner and even while having sex were 'The comming global superstorm' quite a few years ago and more recently '2012, the Return of the Quezacoatl' by Daniel Pinchbeck.

And the website where I found the graphic is this:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =113463706

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('albente', 'S')F Chronicle is a cheesy newspaper compared to the LA Times. I avoid it.

[shakespear1]

Yes, I meant Science Fiction.

It took me a while to realize that what IMO referred to.

[aldente]

edited

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('albente', 's')o get your act together and prepare for being 40!