Talk:Wasp (novel)

Post 9-11 Reception
I realize that 9-11 is a key history point in the current world, but the cited source makes no reference to it. Perhaps a more neutral (less OR) term would be better? AndroidCat (talk) 06:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed: see below, Swanny18 (talk) 21:54, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Wasp vs the arab spring
This novel brings the whole arab spring to mind. The something from nowhere revoloutions with a seemingly single event bringing governments down. It's a little mind blowing. the funky monkey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.248.10.107 (talk) 09:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * no, it doesn't - also, this was written decades before the foolishness in the Middle East — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.19.21 (talk • contribs) 07.52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Translation
Any translation in other languagesRaycho Stanev (talk) 13:35, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Many of Russell's novels have been translated into Spanish ... such as Hombres, Marcianos, y Máquinas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.19.21 (talk • contribs) 08.24, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Warballs
I’ve deleted the reference to Post-9/11 reception as it is warballs; a fatuous reference to the September 11 attacks on the United States  which adds nothing to our understanding or appreciation of this novel. Nor does the source say anything more about the book, so I've deleted that as well.

I’ve also re-worked Sallis’ comments and his quote regarding precautions against urban terrorist bombing, as there’s nothing particularly prescient about it; the book was written in 1957, which predated  the IRA bombing campaigns in the UK during the Troubles (or the OAS campaign in France in the 60s)  but was some 10 years after similar campaigns in Mandatory Palestine after the Second World War and in Algeria in the 50s. And Russell’s embellishment, the use of  fission bombs in such a campaign, was also considered in the 1950s, though it only became widely discussed in the 70s. I trust everyone is OK with that Swanny18 (talk) 21:52, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Kaitempi
Do we want to mention that Japan's political police were called the Kempeitai, or would that amount to doing some schoolchild's homework for him? J S Ayer (talk) 15:41, 13 September 2023 (UTC)