Re: Waking up displaced

throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne Throop) wrote in news:1201802570@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:: If I'm convinced it's some sort of disease, I wouldn't worry about it
>:: too much because evidently I have some sort of immunity. 
> 
> I guess a couple people have said something along these lines.

"Earth Abides" has something similar.

> It seems a bit odd to suppose you have "an immunity".  Just because you
> had the disease and woke up doesn't mean your symptoms are over,

I agree, but it's not an outlandish notion.  I can see it working both 
ways.

> any more
> than the fact your symptoms abate means you've gotten over your malaria.
> Or look at it this way.  Suppose it's a form of induced narcolepsy.
> Just because a narcoleptic wakes up, doesn't mean he's cured.

This way does sound more fun for the writer - when will the protag fall 
asleep - what happens, how much warning do they get etc.