On 7 Apr 2014 at 6:29, Tim O'Reilly wrote:
> Lends itself to Andre' Norton's idea of the Dipple (displaced
> people) which recurred in many of her space-based fantasy books ...
> also considering Stalingrad, Jerusalem, Babylon, Nineveh, and
> probably look at a number of other ancient cities and the way they
> went about conquering - the "scorched earth" policy may have been
> more prevalent than we think. After you've conquered the world,
> what better way to keep control than to have your own people
> colonize it?
Well, Norton's Dipple was based on the many, *many* refugee camps and
centers after WWII. And on how said populations tended to not
integrate well into the local culture (often, as in her stories,
because the locals didn't *want* them there)
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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com
> Lends itself to Andre' Norton's idea of the Dipple (displaced
> people) which recurred in many of her space-based fantasy books ...
> also considering Stalingrad, Jerusalem, Babylon, Nineveh, and
> probably look at a number of other ancient cities and the way they
> went about conquering - the "scorched earth" policy may have been
> more prevalent than we think. After you've conquered the world,
> what better way to keep control than to have your own people
> colonize it?
Well, Norton's Dipple was based on the many, *many* refugee camps and
centers after WWII. And on how said populations tended to not
integrate well into the local culture (often, as in her stories,
because the locals didn't *want* them there)
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com