Public Address | Cafe | Random Play: The dawning of the Age of Precarious https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Peter Calder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=201491#post201491 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=201491#post201491 ... as people were gathering in what is now known as “Liberation Square” in Cairo – ...
It's Tahrir Square, but Tahrir is Arabic for "liberation", so it has been known as Liberation Square since they kicked the Poms out in the 1920s.

]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:09:36 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200621#post200621 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200621#post200621 It is set in what is the now standard world for science fiction writers, that post-apocalypse future A trend I'm impatient to end. I much prefer thorough world-building as long as an author doesn't indulge in details for details sake.

I'm sure many couldn't give a toss about what is…

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:13:52 +1300 Jacqui Dunn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200584#post200584 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200584#post200584 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:08:35 +1300 Anonymous Author https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200581#post200581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200581#post200581 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:53:47 +1300 Kimberley Verburg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200542#post200542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200542#post200542 International news clips come expensive but I don't understand why they don't feel it's worth investing in. Fortress Aotearoa, indeed.

By the way, Liberation Square has had that name for decades.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:49:02 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200530#post200530 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200530#post200530 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:20:56 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200527#post200527 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200527#post200527

Egyptian president Mubarak (do he and Berlusconi share the same plastic surgeon you reckon?)

Nah... they just use the same hair dye.

]]> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:19:27 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200524#post200524 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200524#post200524 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:46:35 +1300 caycos https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200522#post200522 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200522#post200522 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:30:27 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200521#post200521 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-precarious/?p=200521#post200521 Discussion from blog post.

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