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''Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' is a steampunk science-fiction novel by [[Robert Charles Wilson]]. Set in a future where the oil has long since run out, America has become a feudalistic theocracy, and 19th-century social norms have been revived, this novel tells the life story of the title character. |
''Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' is a steampunk science-fiction novel by [[Robert Charles Wilson]]. Set in a future where the oil has long since run out, America has become a feudalistic theocracy, and 19th-century social norms have been revived, this novel tells the life story of the title character. |
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* [[Lost Superweapon]] (tanks, planes, satellites - all gone once the oil ran out) |
* [[Lost Superweapon]] (tanks, planes, satellites - all gone once the oil ran out) |
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* [[Ludicrous Gibs]] (There is a scene where Adam describes how soldiers' innards spill out in battle.) |
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]] (There is a scene where Adam describes how soldiers' innards spill out in battle.) |
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* [[Meaningful Name]] (Julian Comstock shares many traits with the Roman emperor [ |
* [[Meaningful Name]] (Julian Comstock shares many traits with the Roman emperor [[wikipedia:Julian the Apostate|Julian the Apostate]]). |
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* [[Most Writers Are Writers]] |
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]] |
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* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: (Averted by the Dominion, who portrays the civilization of the "Secular Ancestors" as a corrupt Babylon filled with such evils as pornography and the separation of church and state. In addition, since it's been a century since the "False Tribulation" no one has any first-hand memories of "the Oil Florescence".) |
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: (Averted by the Dominion, who portrays the civilization of the "Secular Ancestors" as a corrupt Babylon filled with such evils as pornography and the separation of church and state. In addition, since it's been a century since the "False Tribulation" no one has any first-hand memories of "the Oil Florescence".) |
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[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
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[[Category:Julian Comstock]] |
[[Category:Julian Comstock]] |
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