Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet EarthPetrovic, Walter D.
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Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
Petrovic, Walter D.
Science fiction
The most part of planet Earth had become one of universal love and
trust. There was no prejudice between the diverse types of people
that were the descendants of the survivors of the great world
holocaust, and all places became lands of having, rather than
have-nots. The world economics was engaged to follow an ancient
scriptural term that suggested that it was better to give, than to
receive, and the people's prolific giving spread material possessions,
as well as necessities, to every single individual. Every living
person had that which was needed to survive by being given gifts of
it.
Gifting became proper and there soon came to be a life that became
happy and alive, rather than miserable and morbid.
One could not tell the difference between the wealthy and the poor
since everyone lived modestly, but well.
Even Boyce Loebh Scullion-Blue, living in the Blue Mansion lived
modestly, not selfishly keeping the mansion only to himself, but having
citizens stay with him for some specified lengths of time, if they so
wished.
All was peace. All was love and evil only had control of those few who
did not accept the new ways.
Truly, a new age of understanding and cooperation had come to man by
man, and their love for the one victor over damnation.
Jessuum Benitar watched the growth of the world and was pleased and
excited with the abundance of life and treasure of love an trust.
He went down to Pomperaque because it was his time to speak with Boyce.
He went into the Blue Mansion and found Boyce and his beloved wife
Lilith, in the viewing den; watching images on the wall, of the ways
life once was like in the world.
They sat and talked for hours and Jessuum gave to Boyce an account of
the thousand years that had passed by since man's greatest madness. He
told Boyce about his roots and confided to him his own true name and
relationship to him.
"I was born Gavin Jones, the son of Hosea Jones and his fourth wife,
Ruth." he told Boyce. "You come from the line of Hosea Jones and his
fifth wife, Margaret, and their daughter Dioneza (twin sister of her
brother Richalé)."
He described to Boyce his intricate line of descent that reached right
back into the Twentieth Century through Dioneza's artificial
insemination with sperm saved from that age.
Boyce was impressed with his seventh generation great uncle Gavin,
called Jessuum.
Jessuum explained to Boyce that he had been alive since Hosea's time
and had never aged _ a gift given to him by God, at his birth.
Hours after the story of their relationship, Jessuum finally told him
that he was here to tell him of something that would make the earth the
envy of all worlds.
"You have done well, my son!" Jessuum told him. "You are good and
have fought, not for your own gains, but for the gains of the entire
world."
Boyce listened with anticipation and Lilith was amazed, as if she was
living through a dream.
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