On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:58:55 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:

In article <pan$f768$bdeea429$aec6f28b$58f43363@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On 3 Nov 2024 13:17:57 -0000, James Nicoll wrote:

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

For what purpose have the enigmatic Overlords taken control of Earth?

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hush-dont-cry

Are there any other examples of overlordship in SF? Defined as humankind >>placed under involuntary governance by either extraterrestrials or a >>special class of other humans, for either benign or malign reasons.

Tons and tons, he said in the tone of someone who needed to produce
eight hundred to sixteen hundred words for tor today.

OK. While I look up the titles that were given, I thought of a
qualification that could narrow things down. There has to be a
message to humans that the overlordship is for the good of
humanity -- whether of not the overlords mean it. This would
exclude stories simply of opression by a superclass.

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