Tuesday, May 12, 2015

A Brief Note to Young Writers of Science Fiction

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Children, this is what science fiction used to look like.  This is what it used to sound like.  This was all a long, long time ago.

Your task is twofold:

1. You must write something as powerful as this.

2.  You must write something much better than this.

With love,
Unca Mike

P. S. Keep it new, y'all!

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 12, 2015 at 4:46 PM

    Is that what you're doing?

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  2. Kevin CheekMay 12, 2015 at 5:10 PM

    My fallback for classic SF look and sound has been either 2001: A Space Odyssey or Ursula LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven and its 1980 made for PBS adaptation.

    So far, I have been unable to write anything nearly as powerful or as good, but I keep trying.

    Thanks!

    -Kevin

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