Warren
Thank you so much for your kind response. I have always much respected
and been influenced by Arrighi, Frank, Wallerstein, Braudel, Amir et al
which probably explains the intemperate tone I took -- I kind of expect
more. However that doesn't excuse me - I should be more tolerant.
We have communicated once before -- I was working on a novel about
Genghis Khan, you may remember you kindly prompted me to a reference (I
haven't read her, but I will).
I have heard of your novel, plan to read it and only haven't because I
haven't been to a library or bookshop for a while. However I recently
published a novel called CAVIAR -- no grand claims, it's about the
Russian mafia of which I have some knowledge -- be happy to swap your
book for mine.
Let me know.
I publish non-fiction with Pluto. I have been collaborating with some
earth scientists. I want to pull a book together on this apocalypse now!
theme, perhaps you would be interested to particpate.
Mark
wwagar@binghamton.edu wrote:
>
> Dear Mark,
>
> I've just returned from some weeks in Ireland to find your two
> postings. You say a great many things that need saying--desperately--and
> I find myself largely, although not entirely, in agreement with them. In
> addition to the excellent issue of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY to which David
> Schwartzman refers in his reply, I will immodestly refer you to my
> scenario-novel A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FUTURE (1992, The University of
> Chicago Press; also Adamantine Press in the U.K.), which offers a vision
> of the next century not far removed from yours. You will find it lacking
> in various respects, perhaps critically lacking, but we are in accord on
> the reality of the planetary eco-crisis, the mad rush of globalization,
> the coming self-immolation of the capitalist behemoth accompanied by
> radical depopulation of the earth, and its replacement in a more
> chastened age by a world commonwealth of working men and women.
>
> Fraternally,
>
> Warren
>
> W. Warren Wagar
> <wwagar@binghamton.edu>