DISCUSSION THREAD -- January 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

Parson said:
What I was trying to say was that atheism can be as fundamentalist as any other religion.
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Technically atheism isn't a religion, though plenty of people (on both sides) treat it as such. Not that that changes your point.

I can't resist skating too close to the sun with you here, though I understand why these type of conversations are discouraged, whether it's religion, politics, social issues, whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza, whether you hang the toilet paper roll over or under, whether a hot dog is a sandwich or not, whether water is wet, whether that darn dress is blue and black or white and gold . . .

Uh, where was I? Sorry.

Suffice to say, in a real life situation such as in your story, I would hope our explorer would have the intellectual honesty to give credible evidence its proper due, whether it is contradictory or complementary to one's prior worldview and/or beliefs (or lack thereof).
 
A brief word about my entry. The 'Blue Planet' was meant to refer to an early, pristine Earth and the microbe start of life here. By inference the spaceman was, of course, a visiting alien.

I've used 'Blue Planet' in entries before to avoid explicitly mentioning Earth by name. I can't think of any other way of doing it.

And thanks for the mentions / shortlists to @M. Robert Gibson, @nixie, @Parson, @The Judge, @emrosenagel and @TheDustyZebra.

A special thanks to @Bowler1 for the vote!
 
Congratulations, Christine!

Many thanks for the shorter listing, TDZ, and for the cake! To my great regret, I can't claim the bonus cake as I had to google the quote -- I've never seen the film.


I've never seen Alien, either, come to that, which is why it took me a while to cotton on to Provincial's story -- I half-remembered Nostromo as a novel by Joseph Conrad, which I've never read (all my failures coming out here!) so googled that and discovered it was the name of the ship in Alien, then everything fell into place.
 
Aww, I missed it. I'm happy with what I wrote, but I can use it in my blog instead. Thanks for the inspiration!
 
Hello all,

My vote and shortlist etc.

ARU*
Cul *
Big J **
Astro pen *
Christine Wheel**
Definitely not a ghost ***
GeneLewis **
Mosaix*
TDZ**
TJ **
Ursa**

Many thanks to those who shortlisted me and particularly @AnRoinnUltra and @Stable who voted for my small community tale.

I tend to be reluctant to explain my writing — particularly as to how they relate to the challenges as I feel my stuff should stand on its own, but perhaps more importantly, I write with the horror tenet of ‘well, what do you think happened?’ Someone has already identified upthread what my intention was is the only hint you’ll get. ;)

Congratulations @Christine Wheelwright for a great tale
 
Congratulations @Christine Wheelwright!

Thank you @The Judge for the shortlisting, and for the poetry feedback. Sorry my story made you work so hard! :) I changed the title at the last minute because I suddenly realised people were going to need a substantial hint about its subject matter; it is, of course, a recreation of the scene in the first Alien movie which got all the publicity when it came out, but from the point of view of the ‘chestburster’ itself.

I haven’t read Nostromo either!
 
Congratulations Christine Wheelwright
@Christine Wheelwright

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Thanks for the mentions and a huge WELL DONE to all participants. @Victoria Silverwolf & @Parson for continuing a wonderful reviewing.

My Tale: It was a self explanatory story. I wanted the shape-shifting alien to be benevolent, rather than sinister. I think an "evil alien" story has been done quite a bit. :alien: Plus I wanted the alien to be accepted into a family. I got the uncle's name from a Beatles song. ;)
 
The Judge said:
I've never seen Alien, either, come to that, which is why it took me a while to cotton on to Provincial's story -- I half-remembered Nostromo as a novel by Joseph Conrad, which I've never read (all my failures coming out here!) so googled that and discovered it was the name of the ship in Alien, then everything fell into place.
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Fun fact, the ship in the sequel Aliens, the Sulaco, is also a reference from the book.

These are the types of things I remember, but I struggle with my own phone number sometimes...
 
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