Discussion thread -- November 2015 75-word Writing Challenge

[HazelRah]

First of all, Thankyou Holland for the stealth vote

TitaniumTi got my vote!

But some others were closely considered:
Travis woodward
ihe
harebrain
ratsy

And other honourable mentions were:
Moonbat
Martin321
Holland
Chrispennycate
Bob Senior

 

[TitaniumTi]

Joy! Another vote.
I've never had so many.
Thank you, HazelRah.

 

[LittleStar]

Before I forget to vote, here goes.

My list this month is:-

Mentions
Ratsy
Glen
Hopewrites
David Evil Overlord

Runners up
HB
Starbeast
TitaniumTi

Winner
HazelRah

 

[HazelRah]

Thankyou, Littlestar

 

[ratsy]

Thank you so much to Littlestar, HazelRah, johnnyjet, and Juliana for somehow seeing something in my silly tale to mention. I honestly wrote it in a couple minutes, because I felt I had to enter something to keep my whatever record in place. I had no idea what to write for this, and it was one of the hardest challenges to date for me. So thank you for the mentions! You guys rock

 

[TheDustyZebra]

An absurdly long list for the absurd:

Droflet -- The Road Too Travelled
TitaniumTi -- Save the Cat
Alex the G and T -- A Staircase Mis-taken
Juliana -- Warts and Wisdom
HB -- The Voice of Doombar
Bob Senior -- Prison Overcrowding?
johnnyjet -- Forked
Alexandros Liakopoulos -- Untitled
Clockworkbot -- The First Time I Died
*DEO -- Brontosaurus' Quantum Thesaurus*
Saharren -- The Saurian Survival
VB -- Script Changes
Glen -- Left to an Uncertain Fate
ratsy -- "And the Non-Believers Shall Dry..."
mosaix -- Mr White's Statement...
StilLearning -- Highwayman:
Jo -- Still Waiting
Cul -- In a Hundred Years...
TJ -- Reflection Has Closed the Road

 

[StilLearning]

I've just come back after a couple of days away for my wife's birthday, and found that I have the most vote's I've ever gotten, so I would like to say: SQUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Ahem. I will get on with reading the entires and casting my own vote ASAP.

 

[Droflet]

Careful mate. If you win this one you may have to change your handle.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Okay, thought now was as good time as any to deal with my comments this month.

Although not absurdest fiction (well I suppose in some ways it might be) the word 'absurd' stuck quite happily in my mind, and I thought of one of the strangest things in modern fantasy.

I mean, what could be more absurd than a flat world being carried on the back of four elephants in turn standing on a giant, space-faring turtle?

So the link to all the comments: The Discworld Books of Terry Pratchett* and a little end of year tribute to the late author who passed earlier this year.

So first entry was from Holland and he had multi-hued wonder - The Colour of Magic

and Ashleyne got Brilliantly Illuminating - The Light Fantastic

I'll put a full list up later, just in case there is anyone who wants to have a play with what is there.

TDZ gets the prize when she worked it out halfway through the challenge.

*It was meant to be just Discworld books, but I ran out of them toward the end and just used other Pratchett books.

 

[Moonbat]

Yay, I was Snuff, which I have but haven't read yet

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I've been somewhat distracted this week but will get back to vote!

 

[Parson]

Tim.... No wonder I had no clue! I've read zero of Pratchett's stuff, and almost the same amount of straight up Fantasy. Now if you'd used Heinlein or Asimov or someone like that I might have had a chance. ---- But very clever anyway!!

 

[Mad Alice]

Okay here is the lineup

Honourable mention
Luigin
Ratsy
Clock work bot
The judge
Mosaix
A. Fare wells
Starbeast
Gonk the insane


Runners up

Victoria silver wolf
Hope writes
David evil overlord
Bob Senior


Vote
Alex the G&T

Much thanks to Juliania and Tim James for the mentions! And thank you again Tim James and Victoria Silverwolf for the reviews!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Tim.... No wonder I had no clue! I've read zero of Pratchett's stuff, and almost the same amount of straight up Fantasy. Now if you'd used Heinlein or Asimov or someone like that I might have had a chance. ---- But very clever anyway!!

Nope, no excuse there -- I've read only a couple of his books, myself! It was when "little deities" came up that alarm bells started going off in my head, and I went to a Google list and started matching them up with the help of my son, who wandered in at the right time to be commandeered.

 

[Parson]

Nope, no excuse there -- I've read only a couple of his books, myself! It was when "little deities" came up that alarm bells started going off in my head, and I went to a Google list and started matching them up with the help of my son, who wandered in at the right time to be commandeered.

I'll use any excuse I can!

 

[Gonk the Insane]

I've read only a couple of his books, myself!

That makes it even more impressive. I've read just about all of the Discworld books and didn't have a clue to Tim's theme.

In my defence...Nope, got nothing

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I have also never read a word of Pratchett. I presume the reference in the review of my own entry is to the novel Sourcery.

 

[Luiglin]

I have also never read a word of Pratchett. I presume the reference in the review of my own entry is to the novel Sourcery.

A lot of his early stuff is well worth a read Victoria. He is the only author I've ever read who has reduced me to tears of laughter... earning me very strange looks on the train at the time.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I mulled between Robert Mackay, Victoria ( a real toss up that one), Harebrain and Clockworkbot with a great first entry.

And then Johnnyjet flew past all sexy space pilot like and what was a girl to do?

And muchly thanks to Mosaix for the vote.

 

[johnnyjet]

Wow, I didn't mean to get you all flustered, Jo! But thanks a lot for the vote! Now if I can only charm a few more votes . . .

And thanks for the mentions, droflet, Ihe, Saharren & Dusty!