Reviewer: Robert Bruce Scott Signed [Report This]
Date: 13 Oct 2020 12:12 Title: Day Eight: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: I

Well, how xenophobic of them... And with no guarantee that further sabotage and mayhem might ensue if Xylion were to trust that promise and give them the one thing they want. 

We have plenty of evidence societies can shift almost overnight, particularly in response to the advent of new religions. The UFO panic of the 1950's and the Roswell cult developed over the period of less than 2 years - which was the time it took to go from a farmer finding some aluminum and sticks on one of his fields to wild stories of alien autopsies. That and throughout the series from STO to STE, vulcan nureology seemed to be more vulnerable to radiological events than human nureology. 

Thanks!! rbs

Author's Response: Those are some interesting parallels. I suppose societies can change rapidly under the right circumstances. It's clearly obvious something odd has happened to this one. Thanks for reading and great bit of background insight. Thanks.