Great Doctorow novelette

goran · Post by **goran** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:38 am

You can read When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, the winner of the 2007 Locus Award for best novelette for free. I found it very good but being an IT guy I`m biased.

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:50 am

Makes me want to go outside and be social. See you all tomorrow.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:24 pm

Fab - thanks for the link!

Thought provoking...

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:46 pm

Just read this. Excellent.

I like both the geeky stuff and the survivalist stuff.

Cmd. Cheyd · Post by **Cmd. Cheyd** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:03 pm

Good read. That was cool.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:34 pm

thanks for posting this, great story, really hungry for a corned-beef sandwich now though!

allikat · Post by **allikat** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:34 am

Now that story has me wondering what shape I'd be in if such an event were to happen...
My UPS is only likely enough to keep me online for an hour or 2.. would I be awake? Would my ex-military gas-mask protect me enough from the bio weapon? How long would the filter last?
Darn... now it's gonna keep me awake for hours pondering...

ClymAngus · Post by **ClymAngus** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:42 pm

Dark, but these kinds of events are not unknown or unprepared for by those with a wide focus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9_Q7PJuNQ

We are all victims of the tragic, eventually. But however we quantify, the strong will continue, and strength can be found in the strangest places these days.