3 Dooms of America Eugene Fairfield
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"Prophecy is not a prediction of tomorrow. It is a description of the doom contained within today."
Three stories of the end of American society, from one Tuesday, the 11th of September into the near future.
Shock & Awe: "At the end of this story, a baby will be born, and touch off an insurrection. Before that, a woman makes breakfast."
The Greening of Blue England: "It took three-quarters of a ton of plastique to get rid of all the box stores in Taft Corners."
Spider's Dreams: "The rose is still unfolding, a thousand petals and every one scribed with tragedy, with enough grief to end the world."
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The First Doom: Shock and AweSHOCK: an emotional reaction to an event
radically opposed to your expectations. Incorrect: an invading army drops bombs on your city. Correct: a free and just society Disappears your husband.AWE: something that shows the whole order of
the universe is greater and more profound than you can imagine. Incorrect: an invading army drops bombs on your city. Correct: a baby is born. -
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The Second Doom: The Greening of Blue England"It took three-quarters of a ton of plastique to get rid of all the
box stores in Tafts Corner."N. E. Brahmin and his gang are out to level all the ugly and useless buildings in suburban sprawl. But it isn't easy in the wake of a civil war that has split America into two countries. When the military wants to requisition their explosives, Bram is going to fight to hold on to his dream. -
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The Third Doom: Spider's Dreams"What is the fear?" I asked.
I don’t know. I don’t know if I know in the dreams. I just always
feel afraid. It’s this looming terror of impending catastrophe.”“I don’t think catastrophe is impending
anymore,” I said.“Oh, it is, Lou,” she said. “It is. This is
only a small step along the way, just a small thing. The rose is
still unfolding, a thousand petals and every one scribed with
tragedy, with enough grief to end the world. You want to know what
the fear is? It’s that there is no seed at the center of this rose,
the petals will just keep unfolding endlessly into the future.”