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Sync: non-OA fiction - weirdspecter - 12-23-2021
Hey folks,
This is the second time I've shared a piece of fiction from my setting with you all, in this case because I felt its take on transhumanism (and early brain-computer interfacing) seemed both reasonable and interesting. I'd love some feedback from interested readers here, on my setting and writing more generally seeing how much I owe to the format and hard-SF focus of OA and its membership.
Here's the link:
https://beaconsinthedark.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/sync-2124/
Let me know what you think!
All the best,
Lilly.
RE: Sync: non-OA fiction - Drashner1 - 12-23-2021
Thanks for this!
I've got vacation starting 12/24. Will aim to give this a read and your setting a looking over and offer what feedback I can.
Todd
RE: Sync: non-OA fiction - Worldtree - 12-24-2021
this is fantastic! great story
I have no idea if neural links could work like that but I'm guessing nobody else really knows either so , great writing
I'll read again later to find something to criticize
RE: Sync: non-OA fiction - Drashner1 - 12-27-2021
Just finished reading the story - Fun!
It reminds me a bit of the writing of Charles Stross and his depictions of the future/a post-Singularity world. A bit strange, a bit madcap perhaps. A future that has elements that have been predicted finally coming to be - and some other stuff no one has thought of/expected.
I'll also aim to read this again with a more critical eye. At the moment nothing is leaping out yelling 'No, No No' although there might be a word or turn of phrase that could do with a bit of polishing IMHO. Also some turns of phrase that I quite liked, btw.
Thanks for sharing this and will post further thoughts in the near future.
Todd
RE: Sync: non-OA fiction - Drashner1 - 01-09-2022
Gave this another read thru with the intent of being more critical. But liked it even better this time.
Good job!
Todd
RE: Sync: non-OA fiction - DarrenRyding - 03-15-2022
A very impressive story. You have eloquently described sensations that are far beyond the experience of anyone living today - which is exactly what good SF is supposed to do. It reminds us that neural link-ups could turn out to be utterly alien experiences (by todays standards) unlike anything in human history. If a person has been blind since birth and suddenly could see for the first time ever, how would the conscious mind interpret the initial flood of alien sensation? I feel that is the kind of paradigm shift awaiting our descendants, and you have given us a glimpse of what that might be like.