tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post1523350150715721561..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Caution: Fire Zone AheadCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-32741646648851479922007-09-07T10:56:00.000-07:002007-09-07T10:56:00.000-07:00Dear Kit: You've never read "The Day of The Triffi...Dear Kit: You've never read "The Day of The Triffids"? Get thee to a used bookstore.<BR/><BR/>"Out of The Deeps," though not one of his best books, is all about journalism and lying and "the official story" following an invasion from outer space of creatures who live in the deepest trenches of the ocean. When the Americans drop bombs on them, they decide to go to the polar ice caps and melt them, effectively destroying every major city in the world. As with much of Wyndham, it's weirdly prescient.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-65015244618852916482007-09-07T10:48:00.000-07:002007-09-07T10:48:00.000-07:00Thanks Mike! I'm going to look for those books by ...Thanks Mike! I'm going to look for those books by Wyndhmam...let me know if you have a particular favorite. <BR/><BR/>They sound potentially kind of funny, actually. In a dark way, of course. Kubrickian, perhaps.Kit Stolzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548690945997490609noreply@blogger.com