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That's kind of the plot of 'Ravages' (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes,_Ashes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes,_Ashes) a French SF novel by Barjavel.
by touisteur 8y ago
That's kind of the plot of 'Ravages' (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes,_Ashes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes,_Ashes) a French SF novel by Barjavel.
Electricity suddenly stops working.
- Haga 8y agoSo neurons stop working?
- jerf 8y agoI've seen stories that address that by positing that it turns out that our intuitive understanding of ourselves as fundamentally "simple" entities is in fact correct, and the electricity our neurons used was just an epiphenomenon based on our local conditions. If you physically move your body into another location, suddenly those rules will work on you, and lo, you really will be running on the 4 humors, or whatever other theory is in play.
- sgt101 8y agoAlso Fade Out by Patrick Tilley https://www.patricktilley.co.uk/fadeout/index.php https://www.patricktilley.co.uk/fadeout/index.php