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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to All on Tue Apr 16 07:43:11 2024
    OMG, it's dead on.

    http://felten.se/prediction.jpg

    The above back-cover is from a book from 1935 by Sinclair Lewis.


    "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."

    -- Mark Twain



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Tue Apr 16 07:43:11 2024
    Hello Bj”rn,

    OMG, it's dead on.

    Really? You think so?

    http://felten.se/prediction.jpg


    The above back-cover is from a book from 1935 by Sinclair Lewis.

    Yes. I do believe you are right about that.
    But what happened to the first part?

    http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html


    Ah! There it is! The whole story! Minus the back cover ...

    "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."

    -- Mark Twain

    And I had always thought "1984" was fiction ...

    --Lee

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    Big Or Small We Lay Them All

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Apr 16 07:43:11 2024
    OMG, it's dead on.

    Really? You think so?

    Yeup. Don't you?

    But what happened to the first part?

    What first part?

    http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html

    Thanks for that. Have you read it yet?

    Ah! There it is! The whole story! Minus the back cover ...

    It sure is! What a treat.

    And I had always thought "1984" was fiction ...

    It was. By then. But now is now and far from then.






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