Surely, the revolution is now at hand
Infinite thought has been reading Superman: Red Son. However, she doesn’t mention my favourite thing about the book, which is that it was originally promoted not on its high concept,’What if Superman were a communist?’, but on the spookily simple premise, ‘What if Superman had landed on Earth _twelve hours later_?’ It’s a slightly disturbing, but also incredibly exciting, reminder that, yes, the history of the twentieth century _was_ contingent.
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yeah, you’re right. I thought about that bit, but didn’t include it in the post - which would have made it much more interesting. Thanks for showing me up!
Comment by infinite thought @ 4/19/2005 11:56 pm