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metal56
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by metal56 » Wed May 16, 2007 10:20 pm
Why would a writer choose to open a book written in, say, 2007 with this:
"It was the year 2034".
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lucy lace
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by lucy lace » Wed May 16, 2007 10:56 pm
Perhaps the author wished to convey that the book was ostensibly written after 2034, creating a Sci-Fi world in which the future future is looking back on the past future.
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Cranky Reinke
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by Cranky Reinke » Thu May 17, 2007 3:28 am
I'm with lucy. Are the next sentences past tense also? Did the author write the story looking back on what had happened?