Comments for Way The World Ends http://www.waytheworldends.com The site about the end of the world, climate change and catastrophe in fact, fiction and speculation Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Wayne http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Wayne Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:21:35 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-11 Hey, thanks for doing the legwork. I have only read the sad ending version. But once I started thinking about the happy ending version I have to say I feel the book seems like it would be better with the sad ending. My reasoning for this is that the book is very believable. To me that is its strength. Now with the atmospheric mixing the way it is I was finding it hard to believe that the fall out would stay away from the antarctic and indeed was expecting it to arrive as I read the book. So I felt when it came it made sense. To work a happy ending I feel he would have to work in enough information about delayed arrival of the fallout so that much of the radiation had already dropped out of the air and the nasty shorter lived isotopes had decayed enough so the dosage was tolerable. Now he may have done this. Now I have to go lookign for the happy ending version to see :). Hey, thanks for doing the legwork.

I have only read the sad ending version. But once I started thinking about the happy ending version I have to say I feel the book seems like it would be better with the sad ending. My reasoning for this is that the book is very believable. To me that is its strength. Now with the atmospheric mixing the way it is I was finding it hard to believe that the fall out would stay away from the antarctic and indeed was expecting it to arrive as I read the book. So I felt when it came it made sense. To work a happy ending I feel he would have to work in enough information about delayed arrival of the fallout so that much of the radiation had already dropped out of the air and the nasty shorter lived isotopes had decayed enough so the dosage was tolerable. Now he may have done this. Now I have to go lookign for the happy ending version to see :).

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Jake Stuckey http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jake Stuckey Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:05:40 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-10 Okay, gathering together various clues from across the net, I've learned about the different versions of this book. I learned that when Graham's novel was first published in the States, the publishers required that he put in a "happy ending." You know, the one where the survivors get to live in peace. The first U.S. publisher to get their hands on this book was Fawcett Crest. Therefore, the most obvious canidate for the happy ending is the Fawcett Crest version. Oh, and sorry if I sound like such a gadfly about this. Okay, gathering together various clues from across the net, I’ve learned about the different versions of this book.
I learned that when Graham’s novel was first published in the States, the publishers required that he put in a “happy ending.” You know, the one where the survivors get to live in peace. The first U.S. publisher to get their hands on this book was Fawcett Crest. Therefore, the most obvious canidate for the happy ending is the Fawcett Crest version.
Oh, and sorry if I sound like such a gadfly about this.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Wayne J. Cosshall http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Wayne J. Cosshall Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:16:45 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-9 I really don't know. My understanding is that the happy ending version just ends off a little earlier. This latest is much longer than mine in pages, and that's the trouble with judging it this way, differences in size and production layout changes the length substantially. I really don’t know. My understanding is that the happy ending version just ends off a little earlier. This latest is much longer than mine in pages, and that’s the trouble with judging it this way, differences in size and production layout changes the length substantially.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Jake Stuckey http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jake Stuckey Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:37:22 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-8 The most recent edition, the Simon & Shuster edition of 2007, has 352 pages. Do you think it's the "happy ending" version? If it is, then I'm making a purchase on Amazon. The most recent edition, the Simon & Shuster edition of 2007, has 352 pages. Do you think it’s the “happy ending” version? If it is, then I’m making a purchase on Amazon.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Wayne http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Wayne Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:14:20 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-7 And yes, the book does seem as relevant today as it was when written. And yes, the book does seem as relevant today as it was when written.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Wayne http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Wayne Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:11:56 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-6 Sorry, I was not being stupid, it is just not a simple question to answer as the page length often varies by edition. My copy is the Pan paperback edition, 1980, with the sad ending and 317 pages. Sorry, I was not being stupid, it is just not a simple question to answer as the page length often varies by edition. My copy is the Pan paperback edition, 1980, with the sad ending and 317 pages.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Jacob Stuckey http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jacob Stuckey Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:06:40 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-5 Eh, "two pages shorter" is somewhat helpful, but just how many pages does that make? I'm looking for book with the happy ending on Amazon, and I need to know the number of pages. Eh, “two pages shorter” is somewhat helpful, but just how many pages does that make? I’m looking for book with the happy ending on Amazon, and I need to know the number of pages.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Wayne http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Wayne Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:28:10 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-4 I believe the happy ending book is two pages shorter. It is a great book. I believe the happy ending book is two pages shorter. It is a great book.

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Hakgirl http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Hakgirl Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:53:59 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-3 I just finished reading the 1979 Pan MacMillan version of this book and was blown away by how relevent it still is, maybe even more so in todays unstable climate. I can really see this happening one day. The book is now firmly listed in my top 10 sci-fi books! I just finished reading the 1979 Pan MacMillan version of this book and was blown away by how relevent it still is, maybe even more so in todays unstable climate. I can really see this happening one day. The book is now firmly listed in my top 10 sci-fi books!

]]> Comment on Down to a Sunless Sea by Jake Stuckey http://www.waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jake Stuckey Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:25:51 +0000 http://waytheworldends.com/2008/06/04/down-to-a-sunless-sea/#comment-2 How many pages long is the "happy ending" version? How many pages long is the “happy ending” version?

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