On Sat, 04 May 2013 00:29:30 +0000, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <
bsidnSu_yMQk2BnM...@iphouse.net>,
> Dan Goodman <
dsg...@iphouse.com> wrote:
>>It was a bright cold day in August, and the clocks were striking
>>thirteen. Outside the Naglfahr Cafe, people were loudly celebrating
>>spring.
>>
>>Inside the Naglfahr, two people were conducting government business.
>>
>>"They want to make the planet sane," Marlene Ward said. "And the two
>>groups have much else in common. Athena's Angels split off from the
>>Apollonian Society, so I'm sure they can live together peaceably."
>
> Oooooh, that's the sort of thing that just leads to trouble.
>
> I'd kill the 13 o'clock, unless you *want* everybody to expect a
> 1984-style dystopia.