Science Fiction Microstory Contest discussion
NOVEMBER 2019 - MICROSTORY CONTEST (COMMENTS ONLY)
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Thanks, guys. As always, looking forward to yours.
A very moving and provocative story, Justin. Strong use of metaphor. (Mel Gibson should take a gander at this.)
Hi All, mine's up. Now I can read the others.
Good story Kalifer, but I'm confused by the ending. The last paragraph specifically and the last sentence. I'm not making the connection. Nice world building!
Hi Justin, First the explorers, then the exploiters. She saw how innocent and vulnerable they were.One of my daydreams was to have a time machine so I could warn Montezuma about Cortes and show Montezuma how to make gunpowder. I did a past story on that but it still isn't out of my system.
Two excellent stories, Justin and Kalifer. Both have strong themes and an identifiable voice.
Kalifer wrote: "Hi Justin, First the explorers, then the exploiters. She saw how innocent and vulnerable they were.One of my daydreams was to have a time machine so I could warn Montezuma about Cortes and show ..."
Understood, thanks Kalifer. Again, well done. Have you ever read Harry Turtledove's "Guns of the South"?
Hi Justin, I haven't read "Guns of the South" but know the story. With the many-worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, maybe going back in time is possible, but you will be in a new branched off parallel Universe and not really affecting the one you came from. Just a thought I don't really believe. Even so, I hate to see the bad guys going back in time without the good guys finding out and trying to neutralize them.
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Very intriguing concept, Jot. Although more tell than show, it moved along and held my attention right to the end.
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Anyone doing any travelling for Thanksgiving?
I'm travelling to the SF Bay Area to hang with the homies. Was hoping to get some of that wonderful Dungeness Crab, but the season was delayed due to whales. Apparently the whales are hanging around the wrong street corners smoking cigarettes, drinking cheap beer, and playing loud music.I'm feeling crabby about it, and starting to wonder how California Whale might taste with a little dab of mayo and some of that famous SF French Bread.
-C
C. wrote: "I'm travelling to the SF Bay Area to hang with the homies. Was hoping to get some of that wonderful Dungeness Crab, but the season was delayed due to whales. Apparently the whales are hanging aroun..."Whale is better with horseradish, but i hear there's a shortage of that, too. I think the Oysters are behind it all.
Got mine done as unusual, just under the wire. To conserve resources, I followed the edit of Reduce, Reuse, Reanimate, so some of it may be familiar. Still fun to do the re-write. A friend suggested removing a reference to Gilligan’s Island as it seemed out of place with the feel of the story.
Some very good stories this month, really looked at difference aspects of the theme. I hope mine is as good as the median.
I just published my critiques for November stories in the critiques thread. I think it's better to do critiques after the voting is done, but that's just my own opinion.With the grading categories I use, it's easy to rate stories and eliminate any problems with stories rating higher due to order or personal bias. Also, if everyone were to use a standard rating system like this, it would be very interesting to tabulate results, such as who had the most (or least) ratings for compliance with the story guidelines for the 2nd quarter of 2019. But again, this is just an idea that might be worthy of discussion.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
-C
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Happy Thanksgiving - I'm thankful for this interaction with all of you.
Observing a developing civilization (however you'd like)
Required Element:
A near death experience