David Kirtley

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David Kirtley

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Echoes of the Past and Future : Presidential Carpetbaggers and Immigrants On The Move

By David Kirtley on Thu, 14 Nov 2019

Echoes of Past and Future, where the rich get ever richer, and the poor play scrabble. Society has been perverted and inverted. The people who it is...

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The Decline of Civilisation (Ch.16b) : Management Science

By David Kirtley on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

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Management Science became an art, prized by all who entered the business race. Students were taught about it in colleges, universities and all places of higher and further education, even though many of them would not later enter positions which would ever give them much management control or influence. More of the Decline of Civilisation in the Martan Empire and Gallanol in the the Modern Age.

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The Decline of Civilisation (Ch.16a)

By David Kirtley on Thu, 07 Nov 2019

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Quotations from the book 'The Decline of Civilisation' by Janus Apinus. He writes of the development and then the decline of the consumer market economy in the Martan Empire and Gallanol, of the competition and efficiency which grew, stifling consumption and making the actual lives of the people miserable in the process. He mentions the development of new technologies, including Vidnet and the foodshute delivery systems to the blocks of apartments. A warning for our own world perhaps as our own economies 'develop'?

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Pontius (Ch.15) : Part 4 Jocarna

By David Kirtley on Tue, 05 Nov 2019

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Pontius, the Supreme Director of MIOST has some time to relax. He decides not to fly home in his flycar, but to call upon one of his mistresses in the suburbs of Marta City. His power and fortune has brought him certain benefits to make up for his nagging and less than warm wife. Set in the alternative futuristic world of Marta and Gallanol in the Modern Age.