Saturday, December 28, 2013

Who are the gods in ''By the Waters of Babylon"?

In this story, the main character, John is going to go on a journey.  It is the last step in his process of becoming a priest.  On this journey, he will be going across the river to the Dead Place -- the Place of the Gods.


As we go along in the story, we figure out that the Place of the Gods is what used to be New York City.  If that is the Place of the Gods, then the gods must be the people who used to live there.  So, they gods in this story are the people who used to live in New York City before it somehow got depopulated.

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