"psychohistorical crisis"

[sergebroom]

"You and your starry-eyed astrological predictions. Son."

Later Eron's lover Otaria found them, brought in tow by Scogil's Petunia. "Is he all right?" Otaria asked.

"He's asleep."

Osa-Scogil felt very peculiar about having a wife and a Frightfulperson. And a daughter standing behind him with her arms wrapped affectionately around his neck. And an Admiral's head in his lap who was also a madman and a father. "Life isn't very predictable," he said.

"I know," replied the Mermaid of the Calmer Sea.

(Thus ends Donald Kingsbury's novel Psychohistorical Crisis, a homage to Isaac Asimov's Foundation.)

Comments

[sajia.livejournal.com]

Er, is this a real (by which I mean actually published) book?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is definitely a real book. Tor published it in late 2001. I've been thinking of re-reading it, which is unusual for me, especially as I get older and as there is less time available before the Grim Reaper gets to me. I certainly found it far more satisfying than the later Foundation novels written by Asimov, and by Benford/Bear/Brin.

Hmmm... I wonder if I should post entries with excerpts from made-up stories, provided I identify them as such. That might be fun.