the peace war

• The clash of opposites;

• War ending, spherical, time stopping (and, thus, travelling), stasis fields;

• The archetypical mind-machine interface/melding;

• Holograms of loves lost;

• Tiny video-cameras that are spread in the wilderness, clinging to any species that moves, allowing for unmatched surveillance capabilities;

• Progress "stopped" (an oxymoron?) by edict;

• An unlikely (as they are) anti-hero;

• War as peace and peace as war;

• Technology (and the lack of it) and ingenuity;

• Artificial intelligence;

• ...

Oh! And the genious of Vernor Vinge, of course!