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In Asimov's Foundation book series, after ten thousands years Humanity loses all memories of Earth, even its location, after it was abandoned because it became
by narag 8y ago
In Asimov's Foundation book series, after ten thousands years Humanity loses all memories of Earth, even its location, after it was abandoned because it became radioactive. The theme of History volatility is recurring: some key events in the multi-century plot get also forgotten. The loss causes a feeling of sadness, but at the same time --and I guess this was his intention-- remarks that human spirit, the ideas of freedom and fraternity, is the important thing and what deserves to endure.
I'm sorry to hear the news but let me keep this bit: "As of writing, no deaths or injuries have been reported."
- toomuchtodo 8y agoOff topic: I just realized that Pixar cribbed off Asimov for WALL-E (or the parallels are quite coincidental). Would’ve never thought of it without your comment. Kudos!
- flukus 8y agoThis is common in scifi, in Dune the earth is long forgotten (ignoring crappy prequels), in Revelation Space it's known but all the interesting stuff is happening elsewhere. I think it's more about trying to avoid explaining how we get from today to the time of the story, which involves some always wrong predictions of the future. Contrast with something like star trek where the Eugenics War apparently ended 22 years ago.