I don’t know how often I’ll get a chance to be topical at this blog. Let’s face it, my main M.O. is not to be a political pundit or a late-breaking news digest or a tech help forum; we’re dealing with fiction. And really out there fiction, for the most part, much of which bears an original copyright date of 1960 or earlier.
But right now in Iceland, a volcano is spewing ash into the sky and grounding European flights. At the exact same time (but over a century ago), Nemo and everyone aboard the Nautilus has slipped into a huge cavern which is actually the interior of an extinct volcano, and home to his personal coal mines, to be harvested (is this the correct context to use the word “smelted”?) as fuel for his submarine whenever he wishes.
I ask you to please indulge me if I seem a little overly-triumphant by this coincidence, but who knows when I’ll get another chance to be so… relevant.
By the way — whoever smelted, delted.
I’m just sayin’.
anyway that volcano is a economic disaster..my frnd is @ uk right now..he saws that he is trapped due to this
This volcano stuff certainly is adding economic insult to natural injury. I hope you didn’t think I was making light of the incident by remarking on the coincidence between what I’m currently reading and what’s going on in the world. I’m sorry for all the travelers inconvenienced by this.
Thanks for your comment!
I highly recommend the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1 & 2). Lots of parallels and Capt. Nemo.
I couldn’t second your endorsement of LXG more fervently!
Wait until we get a load of the Yellowstone caldera when it blows.