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well, true. I conceede the point. though it brings up another one: lumping. think about it.....the aliens come, and less than an hour later, North Korea starts blowing up nukes before the aliens can do anything like say "hi" or open a conversation. how much of the world do you think...

one would think the aliens would be able to short-circuit any such attempts - even if nothing more complex than intercepting any missiles. you can always find people willing to work with the superpowers - in this case, with the aliens. the thing is, that requires at least one side to...

there are newer Turtledove anthologies....one of which even has Moso, speculating about a type of cat large enough to kill elephants with ease. and even better still: The Yiddish Policeman's Union, soon to be a major motion picture.

please and thank you; I would be interested to hear more. how does moving solve the extinction of half the human species? that makes it sound like we should only have developed technology on small islands. but that's not what happened. heck, it sounds like neandertals (with their...

in my experience, I can be - and have been - shot down for just about anything, so I can be overly cautious at times. ah. I hadn't been aware of the difference "Great" made. thank you.

cooperation. like "you hold the board, I'll hammer it" humans do.

like Ankarapithecus and Oreopithecus and Sahelapithecus?

"But Mr. Churchill, who are we going to have on the throne?" "My dear boy, it should be obvious. He will be the first Zombie King."

I considered saying "of Britain" but suspected someone might go "the Irish stick their tongues in your general direction."

well, it would be after the Tsar's family seeks shelter from the Revolution, so that shouldn't be a concern - should it? When I made this poll, I could recall the three brothers (one of whom didn't make it to the 30s), three sisters, and the widowed Queen Mother (who I sadly left off the poll...

what? um, examples, please? (I know the "tree" niche recurs, yes - but chlorophyl?) I suggest you look up all the insane sh*t that Homo erectus had to put up with before, during, and after colonizing Afroasia.

a regency? who would be regent?

I was watching The King's Speech again, and the question seemed valid: If these were the only options, which of them would be most likely to become King Of England?: A Prince with pro-German sympathies. A Prince with the intention of marrying an American divorcee. A Prince with epilepsy...

wasn't that a century and a half after the Renaissance? the only place to get them from, was from the enemies of the Ottomans. that put a cold shower on thoughts of getting them. never heard that excuse. same in Christendom in OTL.

Roman ones. think of China.

interesting. could you post this TL in a thread for it? the Romans did. why does God need to run away and hide from a mortal? if Calvanism is true, you don't have a choice.

to some degree, that is true. but part of paralel evolution is an artifact of a common ancestry. sure, planets will have niches filled by things describable as "large-bodied fast-moving herbivores"...but even Earth doesn't have them all look alike. ie, kangaroos don't look like antelope...

then why isn't New Guinea divided? (or North Africa, New Zealand, Australia, or Madagascar)

i followed most of that; the rest, my dad can explain. thanks for clearing it up; I'll see what I can do.

I don't even understand how this works....i'd help any way I can...if i understood it.