Comments on A Destiny of Fools

Craig Daniels     22nd September, 2006 01:25am

For being so "fresh and original", the concept of A Destiny of Fools sure sounds a hell of a lot like Greybeard (1964) by Brian Aldiss and The Children of Men (1992) by P.D. James, both of which used the concept of populations in the future declining due to sterility.

Ejner Fulsang     4th October, 2006 23:24pm

Thanks for you candid comment, Craig. I have read PD James' Children of Men and reviewed same on Amazon.com. I called her down, not for her writing which was stellar, but for her failure to offer a plausible cause of the sterility of her world--I'm fussy about things like that. I call your attention to www.ejnerfulsang.com/Wolbachia.html for an article I wrote explaining the science behind Destiny. Moreover, Destiny is only Book I of The Fallow Years trilogy. I'm working on Book II, Enoch, as we speak. Look for it towards end of 2007. Books II and III will cover aspects of this particular sterility that are referenced in my article.
Meanwhile, I've not read Brian Aldiss' Greybeard, but the reviews look good so I ordered it on Amazon--thanks for the tip!
--Ejner Fulsang
author of "A Knavish Piece of Work"