DISCUSSION THREAD -- NOVEMBER 2022 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Dan Jones]

Ooh la la! Can it be November and NaNoWriMo already?

If you can tear yourselves away from furiously mashing out those 50,000 words, do see if you can spare 75 of them for this month's challenge.

BTW if you're wondering about the choice of genre, I'd interpret it as either "alternative history" ie Hitler won WW2 as in Man In The High Castle; or, something speculative set in a historical period (so, could be steampunk, could be a ghost story in a Roman garrison...).

Have at it!

 

[mosaix]

Excellent!

 

[Parson]

Yikes! This is going to be HARD!!! I had to Google to discover that Speculative Historical Fiction is "Science fiction set in a historical time (not alternate history)." And then I went and looked at examples and the few books that I knew are books that I've avoided like the plague like "Jonathan Swift and Mr. Norwell," "The Doomsday Book," "Kindred," et. al.

But on the positive side I will have "QUESTIONS."

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@chuckroc73 ,,,, A letter home .... A story that reminds us that there are fates worse than death.

 

[Starbeast]

I'm with Parson on this one. It'll be tough, but I'll do my best.

Now where's that pull start, gas powered thinking hat of mine. GREAT SCOTT!!! The neighbor's cat is wearing it. And...he's looking at me with a sinister grin.

 

[Dan Jones]

That's the spirit, chaps! More of that can-do attitude, please.

 

[VRlass]

I'd interpret it as either "alternative history" ie Hitler won WW2 as in Man In The High Castle; or, something speculative set in a historical period (so, could be steampunk, could be a ghost story in a Roman garrison...)

Science fiction set in a historical time (not alternate history).

Emm… so which one?
edit. Checked out:
Jonathan Swift and Mr. Norwell,
I think i have the idea…

 

[Dan Jones]

Thank your lucky stars, folks. I wanted to pick ergodic fiction as the genre, but was told it would have been frowned upon!

 

[VRlass]

OMG I HAD NO IDEA IT HAD A NAME!!!

 

[Bowler1]

I like my history, but that may not save me this month. It's finding that moment we all recognize and know and then flip it with a what if.

It could be my Rubicon or Wounded Knee, a triumph or my usual damp squib, so no pressure then.

 

[The Judge]

Thank your lucky stars, folks. I wanted to pick ergodic fiction as the genre, but was told it would have been frowned upon!

And if anyone bothers to look it up, they will thank me.

 

[VRlass]

And if anyone bothers to look it up, they will thank me.

I did look it up, but seems like Parson has better google than I do.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

chuckroc73: Are we ready to face our heroes?

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

LordOfWizards: Can we ever really understand the past?

 

[LordOfWizards]

Victoria: Possessed by a person, robots tend to live on.

 

[BT Jones]

Goodness me, @Dan Jones, I'm going to feel like a preppie sat at an interview table with a disfunctional biro trying to come up with something for 'Historical Speculative'. This feels like the first monthly challenge to come with a prequalification criteria!!

 

[Phyrebrat]

If you don’t know what ergodic literature is, that’s on you for not listening to the Chrons podcast

 

[chuckroc73]

chuckroc73: Are we ready to face our heroes?

And possibly the disappointment that they do not meet up with the legend surrounding them.

 

[chuckroc73]

"Deadlands" or Cowboy Punk is a speculative historical fiction genre that takes Steam Punk and moves it to the American western frontier. Its very limited in authors that write for it but there are at least two notable exceptions. The TV series and movie super flop, "Wild Wild West" and the slightly less floppy TV show "Brisco County Jr." Brisco is a really charming show with legendary B movie actor Bruce Cambell and his long time best friend Sam Raimi. Deadlands add supernatural and metaphysical into the mix where Mad Scientists can battle monsters and zombies. Its campy and fun.

 

[Parson]

@Victoria Silverwolf .... MLE .... This is a story which brings us a robotic surprise.

@LordOfWizards .... Pangoblins .... This is a story which brings us an archeological mystery.

@Deathbird .... Greens and Reds .... This is a story which runs at the confluence of ideas and desires and politics.

 

[Parson]

@bretbernhoft .... Untitled .... This is a story which leaves us believing that the best is yet to come.

@Guttersnipe .... Dare to Do Right .... This is a story which puts the question to us about whether being safe is better than being right.

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@JS Wiig .... Why are we paying for this stuff? .... This story begins with a title I've asked my wife many times and ends with me asking myself that same question.