[ExI] next stop, whoville

[Dan Ust]

On Nov 11, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:23 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>> We can imagine a civilization of small, numerous, well fed prosperous super
>> interconnected inter-evolving humans, who pity those left behind in the
>> sparsely populated areas of the planet where the hungry, violent ignorant biggies live in wretched poverty, still battling the brutal elements and the wild beasts.
>> 
>> Next stop Whoville.
> 
> Is this morlocks vs eloi, where the eloi are tiny smarties and the morlocks are big dumb brutes?
> 
> Just checking because it sounded familiar even with the characteristics reversed. :) 

Morlocks were brutish, but I don't think they were stupid. The Eloi were gentle but they were definitely not smart. The former used the latter as cattle.

Regards,

Dan
 My latest story, a thriller set in the far south seas:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GHX2M1O
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