So, lots of stuff has happened, but I don't remember any of it. It probably had to do with school, though. Most stuff does.
I want Christmas break now.
Um. Wow. Heather's talking about Frosted Flakes. In a very convincing 6-year-old voice. I think she's ready for Christmas break, too.
And so, in honor of Christmas, I shall now add to my History of the Future.
This installment is brought to you by the letter A, 24 oz. of Mt. Dew, too many projects, and Toffee Cookies from Swiss Colony.
2060: Bored with living by Alpha Centauri, the former denizens of Earth decide to migrate back to their original solar system. To live on Mars, of course. Greenpeace still being active, there is a big fight about whether or not terraforming the planet by crashing large chunks of ice into it is a good idea. Violence ensues.
2070: The terraforming project is brought to a halt with the discovery of telepathic Martian natives. The natives die out quickly, due to their extremely impressionable natures. Everyone's very sad, but since there isn't an atomic war on the now non-existent Earth to drag everyone back home, life goes on.
2080: Aided by the discovery of vast resources of depleted uranium, the inhabitants of Mars defeat a large invader/miner task force from Psychlo. The Intergalactic Mining Company suffers a sizeable economic setback, and plans for invasion and plunder of parallel universes is delayed by a few millenia. By this time they are made obsolete by the discovery of transporter-proof shields.
2090: In an effort to keep any future invaders at bay, methods are developed for making intergalactic war a game playable by 12-year-olds. Unfortunately, plans are derailed when the Greenpeace contingent makes a come-back and demands equal rights for Mars rocks.
2100: Sand worms and geriatric spice are discovered on Mars. Political upheaval and vast manipulative plots ensue.
Posted by Ardith at December 8, 2004 02:13 AM | TrackBackSomehow, that seems less palusible than Heinlein's 'Future History.' Maybe it's just me . . .
Posted by: Scott at December 8, 2004 02:44 PMThe Martian Chronicles! That's one of my favorite books ever!!!
Posted by: Blame Jared at December 9, 2004 01:32 AMOoooh! Very good. You get half an invisible brownie for identifying one of the selections correctly!
Posted by: Ardith at December 9, 2004 07:21 AMAnd what would I get if I mentioned Dune? Or I could be clever and say Arrakis.
Posted by: Jew at December 9, 2004 07:53 AMOk, the Mars rocks are a thinly veiled reference to Al Gore, right?
Posted by: votre chère maman at December 9, 2004 12:03 PMJew: You get nothing. With the number of science fiction books you've read, I'd be disappointed if you didn't get all the references. Besides, I'm out of invisible brownies right now.
Mother dear, unfortunately there are no thinly veiled references to Al Gore. Except maybe through the thinly veiled reference to environmental extremists. Or maybe Al Gore is a Mars rock. XD
Posted by: Ardith at December 9, 2004 01:45 PMYou're probably right. No veiled references.
The rocks have more charisma.
Posted by: Ma Hoyt at December 9, 2004 08:40 PMIf I don't get part of an invisible brownie then I don't know why I even entered this contest. I'm going to go write my own history of the future. Ha.
Posted by: Jew at December 12, 2004 12:00 PM