Speculative Vision

I'm bumping this because I'm lonely. Can't believe it's been three years since I made my previous post here! :oops: The writing project has hit snags, frequently even stalled out, yet I haven't pulled the plug on it either. I'm strongly considering rebooting it as a blog that includes the worldbuild...

Never mind, boy am I embarrassed . . .

The problem was I was thinking "movie" when I should've been thinking "TV show" - it's "Ascension" on SyFy and I just stumbled across a blurb on it via a Doctor Who site. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm frustrated, and I hope I don't pass along that frustration by asking this. But I'm going to ask it anyway. I came online this morning to look up information about a movie I could swear exists or is going to exist - a new release or upcoming release. Thing is it was just one of those fleeting thi...

How about July Camp NaNoWriMo?

Hello everyone! :smt006 I'm glad I found this thread again - I haven't been on the boards that much the last few weeks. These are great answers and recommendations for fictional examples. I have also thought about human variations for future stories and am keeping a notebook of ideas there too. I'll...

Just wondered if anyone has heard of Randall Garrett and his Lord Darcy books. I am currently reading an omnibus edition and enjoying it a lot. It's alternate history with the survival of Richard the Lionhearted and the Plantagenet kings into the 20th Century. :king: Lord Darcy is a Sherlock Holmes ...

Thanks Asp - how are you, good to see you again. Thanks for the recommend. I'm thinking a parallel evolution (sort of) thing where they end up walking on two legs and having two (different sized) sets of arms and a head and torso - so still sort of humanoid too. It's kind of hard to describe. I'm tr...

I'm going with the 5 thing - and perhaps a different "parallel evolution" with it - like maybe they evolved from something that was originally rather similar to a starfish, then the symmetrical five appendages became specialized. Might also throw in some different biochemistry or genetics if that do...

An interesting notion, I don't fully agree with it I must confess... if you're not telling a story then why are you writing a book? If you are writing about things happening which have no relevance in some way to moving the plot forward then its wasted space. Bmat is right I think to say that you n...

The Master wrote:Santa's sleigh possesses magical powers that allow it to defy the passage of time and instantaneously transport Santa wherever he needs to go. The rocket boosters are mostly for show.

Sounds like a great system to me!

I assume Santa's sled is equipped with a hyperdrive for making deliveries to other solar systems . . .

Good day folks - can you believe it's October already?

Who is planning to do NaNo '13 raise your hand