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Michael Barnes's avatar

please tell me in the Axis of Time universe due to the knowledge of future science civilization avoids the 'vaccines are poisons' myths and more diseases are eliminated?

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Rik's avatar

Absolutely fantastic intro/Taster to the Axis of Time series! I'll have to shuffle the series up my to read list!

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Elana Mitchell's avatar

Oh wow, that gets you right in the feels 😭

It's interesting, we're looking at the final survivors of the WW2 generation coming to their natural end, as the WW1 generation did a decade ago. In this universe you'll end up with a generation of Transition survivors shuffling off the mortal coil around the same time as they went back through the wormhole in that other timeline, which would be unbelievably surreal for them, particularly for how the world they ended up in has changed due to their arrival and the knowledge it brought. Enough to make your head hurt to think on it too much.

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John Birmingham's avatar

Indeed. Probably beyond my abilities to write about it well.

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Elana Mitchell's avatar

I wouldn’t sell yourself that short! Maybe that’s how you wrap up the Axis of Time when you’re done with it 😊

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Dirk's avatar

*nods approvingly*

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Guy Roberts's avatar

A great story and a fine addition to the Axis of Time. The AOT universe is clearly big enough to accommodate the work of other authors and I will hope to see more JB-approved stories (and hopefully books) that can add to what is, in my view, the finest of the Birmingham works.

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John Birmingham's avatar

I'm perfectly happy for other writers to play in this sandpit.

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David Lamb's avatar

Great story! More from this author please.

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ivalley's avatar

Thanks, David. I'm easy to find. Eight long-form novels published on Amazon, plus a Patreon page with all the latest.

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LeoGov's avatar

Who was cutting onions then?? Damn!

Anyway, that was a superb short story. Thanks

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@JayDzed's avatar

Onion-ninjas snuck in here, too!

Damn ninjas! ;_;

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howard's avatar

JB, thanks for the tip on Jason’s book. Jason, loved it. Giving it a good review on audible.

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ivalley's avatar

Thanks, Howard. Reviews hard to come by, so most welcome. You keep reading, and I'll keep writing.

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Scout's avatar

Well done!

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Steve Boggs's avatar

Great Story, still have tears

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DJ Heger's avatar

Wonderful.

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Bill H's avatar

The colors that never run

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Jared's avatar

Dang, just saw this. Now you've got me hankering for WW3.2. Any rough idea when that'll be out?

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Jared's avatar

Dang, just saw this. Now you've got me hankering for WW3.2. Any rough idea when that'll be out?

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Jared's avatar

Dang, just saw this. Now you've got me hankering for WW3.2. Any rough idea when that'll be out?

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Sharpie Snr's avatar

Damn, tears again.. no shit.

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