New to Fenspace, and a question

[New Hampshire Battleship Lover]

I just discovered Fenspace, and I love it.  I see that the POD was pre-9-11--did 9-11 happen in the fenspace timeline?  Or is the paranoia in the United States attributed to handvavioum, with no World Trade Tower attacks?

[Dartz]

What?

It was 2006/07, when 'wavium was discovered. That was the point of departure. The War on Terror is even specifically mentioned.... I think.

Oh.... and welcome. Mind the sausage creatures
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[HRogge]

I cannot find anything about it, so I am not sure 9/11 happened in Fenspace... or even the whole "war on terror".

[Foxboy]

Yeah, the listed POD is approximately 2006. In fact, some of the earliest stories had Fen labeled as terrorists by the "mundanes."

Most notably, "Surfing with the Alien".

But, welcome to the 'verse!
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them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[robkelk]

I think I see the confusion - the divergence point for inserting Fenspace into GURPS Infinite Worlds listed in the "Gaming" section is 1995, where the event that createed that game's homeworld didn't happen in either the real world or in Fenspace. Somebody (probably me) was being too clever.

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