The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #161434   Message #3846561
Posted By: Naemanson
25-Mar-17 - 05:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Unemployed, uh, retired in Guam
Subject: RE: BS: Unemployed, uh, retired in Guam
Snow, Charley? I commented to Wakana earlier today that I don't feel the heat like I used to. It's quite liberating. I'm not sure I could readjust to the cold if I had to.

I am rereading Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of Saint Mary's, a set of books about a team of historical researchers based near London at some point in the future. The first book was published in 2013. The action takes place a little while after a civil war in England boots out a fascist government. There are comments about America closing its borders, again. She wrote this in 2012! Seems to be coming true.

Anyway, the researchers do NOT do time travel. They do historical research in contemporary time. I envy Ms. Taylor's ability to write likable characters who have a lighthearted funny method of interacting and mix that up with the fear and danger of being in another time. I love these books.