8FOLD/ACRA: Jolt City # 23, "...Their Last Adventure!", NOTES

[Scott Eiler]

On 9/8/2015 5:43 PM, Tom Russell wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 8:29:09 PM UTC-4, Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> *  I recall Derek and Martin were stranded on a world where *everything*
>> wanted to kill them.  And I suspect that still happened somewhere.  But
>> I think it worked out better this way.  The multiple Dereks and Martins
>> got all those good chances to express their heroism - and get one of
>> themselves back.  And that "bridge" scene made for a better scene than
>> Everything-Wants-To-Kill-Us-World would have.  (Thinking of Stanford
>> Bridge, were you?)
>
> Well, the world they were stranded on was Earth. In every one of the
alternate timelines something like that would have happened. Since none
of them was more valid than the others, I felt it better not to show it.

Yeah, I know the Earth part.  And, I recall we had this discussion once, 
but...  A good way to put the phenomenon might be, "What if History 
Wanted to Kill Them?"  If Molecular Biology Wanted to Kill Them, that 
would be pretty immediately lethal.


> I was thinking Vikings, but not necessarily Stamford Bridge.

yeah, I suppose I could have re-read the story and figured that out. 
Besides, you probably know all the good battles.  8{D>


> Glad you enjoyed the story, Scott-- thanks as always for the comments!
>
> ==Tom

Thanks, Tom!

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