Science Fiction Microstory Contest discussion
JUNE 2022 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments only)
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Lovely story, Tom--this one'll be hard to beat.
GREAT story Tom. I felt like I was in the bar. I could smell and taste it. Outstanding!!!
Justin wrote: "GREAT story Tom. I felt like I was in the bar. I could smell and taste it. Outstanding!!!"Thank you so much, Justin!
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Sorry to hear that Jot! Get better my friend!
Oh Jot--so sorry that you have caught the virus. Are you able to get any of the antibody treatments? And--thank you for the warning re length of usefulness of the booster shot. --Wishing you a full and swift recovery.
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I got it a while back after my first booster but it only lasted 2 days. Fortunately, I got it within a couple of months of the booster so the booster was quite effective. I suspect this is going to be like the flu and come back every year or so with a new variation. As the population of the World has gone up the World has "shrunk." This is nirvana for viruses. Unless they come up with an effective antiviral this cycle will continue to worsen. Our government response was miserable with a death toll of over a million. I hope we have learned something.
Agreed, Kalifer. The problems then include 1. if the vax/booster works well only for earlier variants (i.e., other than whatever the then-current multi variants may be), or barely works at all; 2. if protection/VE loses half (or so) of its strength after, e.g., 3 or 4 months but the booster/vax is given only 1 or 2 times/year. (This latter may clear down the Medicare/Social Security/SSI rolls and is also a great way to cultivate more variants, so may well be popular with governnments and, indeed, many citizens, in far too many nations, inc. US and UK.)
Kalifer wrote: "I got it a while back after my first booster but it only lasted 2 days. Fortunately, I got it within a couple of months of the booster so the booster was quite effective. I suspect this is going t..."
Sort of makes the case for space travel, doesn't it?
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Ahh, finally stop getting pages of HTML in red. Now can post the story.
Jot wrote: "Hopefully we can come up with a better solution, because I'd rather not have to get multiple boosters each year. At least my fever broke and am feeling much better today. Thanks for all the well wi..."So glad your fever broke and you're feeling better, Jot. Do take it easy, rest, don't push yourself. Glad you're doing better.
Mine is finally up after about 20 attempts. I seemed to be in a half logged in state. Changed my password then everything was fine.
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Hi Jot! Glad to see that you are back in the saddle. I know it's a bummer to get sick on a new job before you can can show them your genius. The Covid virus seems to be going through similar stages that the Flu virus went through. It the 1918 flu epidemic it killed many millions of people but as time went on it killed fewer and fewer, It still kills many and it would have gotten me some years ago if not for my wife dumping me into a bathtub full of cold water.
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Well done, Jot. Interesting concept, and poetic style.
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Looks like I've run out of time. No story this month but I will vote and start earlier next month.Greg
I think this month's crop was the hardest to vote on, ever.
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Voted! Please don't disintegrate me! LOL!
Retroactive abortion; the USSC wouldn't approve.
Just sent in my vote. Sorry not to have sent it sooner; between prepping for the heat wave and getting copies of my new book to the p.o. (Of Elegant Time: 22 Stories), I got swamped with stuff to do.
Element: On a setting other than Earth