Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
![]()
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
![]() There has been a lot of talk recently about a novel written by Dean Koontz in 1981 entitled "The Eye of Darkness". Some claim it predicts the covid-19 panmedic of 2020. It really doesn't, but some of the things he wrote are close. Part of it erroneously attributed to his novel is the following passage: "In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived, attack again ten years later, and then disappear completely. This passage is *not* from Koontz's book. This actually comes from a book called “End of Days” by self-described psychic Sylvia Browne written in 2008. (page 312). The passage in Koontz' novel describes a man-made biological weapon that causes 100% mortality for those who get it. In the 1981 release of the book the name of it was "Gorki-400" and it originated in a lab in Gorki, Russia. However, when the book was re-released in 1989, the name was changed to "Wuhan-400" . Although not 100% accurate, the two references are still eerily similar. Sources: CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/us/dean-koontz-novel-coronavirus-debunk-trnd/index.html South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3051619/china-wasnt-original-villain-book-predicting-coronavirus -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Andy's Predictions for 2008 | General | |||
Best Oscar Predictions | ASA | |||
Predictions | ASA |