Apparently it's World #Hippo Day, which of course reminds me of Sarah Gailey's alternative-history novelette, #RiverOfTeeth
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/28/528842986/hip-hippo-hooray-for-river-of-teeth
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Tag: RiverOfTeeth
So, I was following a link trail through Cracked.com (dangerous, if not as dangerous …
So, I was following a link trail through Cracked.com (dangerous, if not as dangerous as TVTropes), and stumbled on this article: 6 Times Mankind Tackled Problems Like Insane Supervillains
The first item will be familiar to readers of #sffbookclub, and has links to several more serious articles with more background on the scheme that never materialized in our reality.
http://www.cracked.com/article_25079_6-times-mankind-tackled-problems-like-insane-supervillains.html
Ok, this isn’t the kind of thing I usually read…
Ok, this isn’t the kind of thing I usually read (but when it comes to killer hippo westerns, that probably goes w/o saying), but it’s oddly compelling.
I do wonder just how many niches hippos fill in this world: cattle AND horses AND Bond-villain alligators? What else?