Rec: SGA: Written By The Victors

[wordwitch]

On this day, as we cannot help but remember what was, for our generation, what December 7, 1941 was for our parents', it is proper and appropriate to consider the work Cesperanza has put into a so-called "fanfiction" for the television science-fiction show "Stargate: Atlantis

Comments

[gryphonrhi]

I think you have a typo: Pearl Harbor was bombed on the 7th. And yes, what a fantastic story!

[wordwitch]

You are quite right, and the change has been made. Now: why is it I keep remembering the 6th instead?

[gryphonrhi]

June 6 aka D-Day?

[mab_browne]

There was a doco on NZ tv earlier in the week. I forget the exact title, but its essential thrust was 'the man who predicted 9/11', and was about the security director of Morgan Stanley, who recognised the vulnerability of the WTC, and ensured that his company had appropriate emergency procedures. It led to a lengthy discussion with the kids about just the kinds of issues that Cesperanza's story explores, namely myth-making and the nature of history.

[resonant8]

Just dropping by to wish you a very happy birthday!

[wordwitch]

Thank you! I've made 48!