“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
you are SO not paying attention on tribe, these days.
ReplyDeleteThis is SO last month: http://pennsylvania.tribe.net/thread/0172bb97-c2b2-42be-adfb-6de1198c4fe8?tribeid=64752d58-ad50-42e8-82f7-da57a67055e9&r=10424
Nevertheless, interesting.
I have had a couple times where I've misstepped and lost track of which threads I've seen and which ones I've not. Without the "new" header or the orange asterisks, I can't keep track'a where I've left off.
ReplyDeleteBut, technically speaking, it's way past "last month," since it was launched in 2003.
Funny that you and Uncle Warren both hooked on the Nyman one.
It was the most interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe kazoo version and the spaghetti western versions are also great.
Ooh. Yes, those are nice.
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