04-26-2020, 06:11 PM
(04-26-2020, 11:48 AM)BostonCard Wrote: I wonder if this plot sounds familiar:And you are naive enough to believe this open confession is actually a work of fiction, eh?
https://www.amazon.com/End-October-novel...0525658653
Quote:In the year 2020, a respiratory virus with mysterious origins spreads from Asia around the world, causing panic, quarantine and lockdown. This was the highly implausible scenario devised by Lawrence Wright when he began writing “The End of October”, his first novel, released on April 28th. The protagonist, Dr Henry Parsons, is an epidemiologist at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. He races around the world, trying to halt the deadly spread of “Kongoli virus”.
It's from the author of "The Looming Tower" and looks quite prescient.
BC
Shhhh. They're all around us. . .
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
