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  • (Tears) The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 1 13:10:57 2025
    The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a
    handful of survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
    and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping

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  • From Charles Packer@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 2 07:57:08 2025
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:10:57 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

    The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a handful of survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
    and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping

    So this is how Ike was elected president in 1952 and not Stevenson...

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 15:58:36 2025
    In article <pan$334c2$4ff4fba0$47bd6506$[email protected]>,
    Charles Packer <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:10:57 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

    The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a handful of
    survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
    and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping

    So this is how Ike was elected president in 1952 and not Stevenson...

    Well, the western US government is a military dictatorship but that
    doesn't necessarily rule out Ike being the one in charge. If the
    US has to have a military ruler, Ike isn't the worst choice.

    (checks Ike's timeline)

    It looks to me like he'd have been on the wrong side of the US
    in this particular timeline.

    I wonder where MacAuthur was on June 20, 1951?
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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 2 09:32:21 2025
    On 6/2/25 08:58, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <pan$334c2$4ff4fba0$47bd6506$[email protected]>,
    Charles Packer <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:10:57 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

    The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a handful of
    survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
    and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping

    So this is how Ike was elected president in 1952 and not Stevenson...

    Well, the western US government is a military dictatorship but that
    doesn't necessarily rule out Ike being the one in charge. If the
    US has to have a military ruler, Ike isn't the worst choice.

    (checks Ike's timeline)

    It looks to me like he'd have been on the wrong side of the US
    in this particular timeline.

    I wonder where MacAuthur was on June 20, 1951?

    Early in 1951 he was running the Korean War but in April 19951 he was relieved of command by President Truman. Looked it up on Wikipedia.
    It may have been over MacArthur's plan to A-bomb a supply point for the
    Chinese Communists which army ws assisting the North Koreans as the UN
    was assisting the South Koreans.
    Truman did not want to start a war with China and the USSR which was closely allied with the Chinese at that time.

    bliss

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 23 13:24:59 2025
    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 07:57:08 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:10:57 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

    The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker

    Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a handful of
    survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
    and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping

    So this is how Ike was elected president in 1952 and not Stevenson...

    I've actually heard people claim Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" (the
    grandaddy of alternate history stories) was based on Donald Trump
    which is dubious given it was written in 1952.

    Though 50 years ago (e.g. shortly after Watergate) I heard the same
    thing said about Richard Nixon who would have been a VERY young vice
    president at the time the story was written if he had even yet been
    elected...

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 23 13:27:16 2025
    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 09:32:21 -0700, Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:

    Well, the western US government is a military dictatorship but that
    doesn't necessarily rule out Ike being the one in charge. If the
    US has to have a military ruler, Ike isn't the worst choice.

    (checks Ike's timeline)

    It looks to me like he'd have been on the wrong side of the US
    in this particular timeline.

    I wonder where MacAuthur was on June 20, 1951?

    Early in 1951 he was running the Korean War but in April 19951 he was
    relieved of command by President Truman. Looked it up on Wikipedia.
    It may have been over MacArthur's plan to A-bomb a supply point for the >Chinese Communists which army ws assisting the North Koreans as the UN
    was assisting the South Koreans.
    Truman did not want to start a war with China and the USSR which was
    closely allied with the Chinese at that time.

    bliss
    Probably taking some much needed R&R since that was two months after
    his speech to Congress - the one you probably know since it's the one
    where he says "Old soldiers never die - they just fade fade away"

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