[OT] Chung Kuo

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Amedee Van Gasse
<amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> Op 31-12-10 02:00, Liam Proven schreef:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
>> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>  wrote:
>
>>> I'll give you a world government. Chung Kuo. :-p
>>>
>>> But don't worry. In 1990, the New York Times felt that David Wingrove's
>>> vision of a Chinese-dominated future was unlikely and 'ungrounded in
>>> historical process'.
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/books/in-a-bygone-world-of-the-future.html
>>> Yeah right...
>>
>> Ha! Yes indeed.
>>
>> I only read the 1st book - the writing does not match up to the size
>> of the idea, and there are a lot of them in the series - 10 books, I
>> think?
>>
>> But it stuck in my mind nonetheless. It may yet be shown to be prescient.
>>
>
> This year the series will be republished, with extra material. Yay!

(*Goes to check*)

Ah. My mistake. 8 books.

The reissue does sound interesting, though. Apparently it will take
until 2015 for them all  to appear, though; I might wait 'til then.

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