Beyond The Threshold

No, not the puzzle and quiz site. The next evolution in the sci-fi, speculative punk series. We’ve seen steampunk rise and succeed and now we have dieselpunk. As folks explore the future through the eyes of the past is it not inevitable that the post WWII to the sixties becomes the next big thing? After all mid-century modern furniture is popular now. The view of the future from that era focused on visitors from other planets, both benevolent and malevolent. Whether we were going to alter our world or destroy it. I often smile over the naivete of such films as The Day The Earth Stood Still. While it is one of my all time favorites, do we really believe that other worldly races would care if we blew each other up. It certainly would not hurt them with the vast distances between us. If all the nuclear and conventional weapons exploded simultaneously would it even be seen from Alpha Centauri, the destination of the intrepid crew of the Jupiter II. Still a time of great technological achievement and wonderment of how it would affect us and the world around us. Oh, don’t forget who is out there.