![]() If you were away from home you had to use a phone attatched by a wire to the wall. Oh, and mobile phones weren’t that common, at least for kids. If you weren’t careful, you could get confused. On your TV: a war that looked like a game. On your computer: games that looked like war. Every night the news showed the views form the bomb-sight cameras, in what looked like live action, often presented by the late General ‘Storming Norman’ Schwartzkopf, who was in charge. At the same time, people were watching the first ‘video war’. Computers were just getting powerful enough to run realistic-looking games. I hope no one intends to make it a trilogy. “Only You Can Save Mankind was written during the Gulf War – not the one we had in 2003, which was the sequel, but the one more than ten years before. Defeating the ScreeWee was easier when it was all just a game…. ![]() ![]() The first book in Terry Pratchett’s Johnny Maxwell adventure series is an action-packed thrill ride featuring starships, aliens and a video game that answers back. Only You Can Save Mankind is the first book in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy. ![]()
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