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An “Anti-Synopsis”…
From the beginning of writing “Chronicles”, I posed a “reality” framework for the series. The experiences of the characters are not far off from what humans are experiencing. This reality framework has seven aspects
- No rescues or interventions by space aliens. (If space aliens are out there, they’ve got to prove to me that they didn’t trash their planet and leave it — the way some people on this planet intend.)
- No miraculous technological “fixes” that alleviate the conditions of the Upheavals. (No “free energy”, limitless fresh water, manna from Heaven…)
- No conditions or resources that don’t exist at present on Earth. (Humanity doesn’t suddenly join hands and start loving each other…)
- No zombies, ghosts, disembodied apparitions or anything else that will distract from the tasks at hand. (How many books speculate that an apocalypse will be brought about by brain-dead, flesh eating zombies? Zombies are a staple of Hollywood end-of-time stories, despite the fact that virtually no one has ever SEEN one.)
- No “divine” interventions — no rescues by the Second Coming of Jesus, the manifestation of the Hidden Mahdi, the reincarnation of the Buddha… (If they were coming, they should have been here, long before now.)
- [Very important:] No “denials”. (Global climate change WILL happen. Oil and other energy sources ARE finite. Social, political, economic and cultural structures ARE collapsing. Deal with it…)
- [Equally important:] Given all of the above, a positive future for ALL BEINGS must be promoted. (Spending trillions of dollars so a handful of humans can try to live on another planet, while this one goes down the tubes is NOT a “solution”.)