tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post8407191430712296723..comments2023-09-05T04:45:06.546-07:00Comments on Talespinning: Unintended ConsequencesTricia J. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-10748899354967525232009-05-31T09:52:43.427-07:002009-05-31T09:52:43.427-07:00That's the second example of real world people pul...That's the second example of real world people pulling in fiction people that I have heard recently. Very interesting!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10984572932841489282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-74599100953009592942009-05-30T07:32:37.357-07:002009-05-30T07:32:37.357-07:00Well, there are two sides to this coin. While gove...Well, there are two sides to this coin. While government types will likely keep things underwraps, I'm quite sure the writers will get story ideas even from the questions they are asked. Especially with speculative fiction, it's all about the what-ifs.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-4525826799955338462009-05-29T13:51:04.148-07:002009-05-29T13:51:04.148-07:00Anytime the government is asking writers for help ...Anytime the government is asking writers for help it must be good, right? (As long as they're not spending a huge amount of money to do so.) I'd be interested to see what they come up with. Although we'll probably never know.<br />It reminds me of the Manhattan Project starting because Einstein wrote a letter to FDR stating that nuclear fission could, in theory, be used to make a weapon.Laura Canonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574566234310522696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-66198730314122869052009-05-29T07:24:33.070-07:002009-05-29T07:24:33.070-07:00Certainly, Bear's comment on studying society (hum...Certainly, Bear's comment on studying society (human nature and culture) as well as science to find the story is key. It is all about how the character reacts outwardly and inwardly.<br />And those unintended consequences, those what-ifs from the author's imagination, can't just be the fantastic, they must ring true based on what we know of the world -- how it is now and was and could be in the probable future.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-69172994263342761972009-05-28T17:52:33.570-07:002009-05-28T17:52:33.570-07:00I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of Orwell's...I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of Orwell's "1984" these days . . . Good fiction certainly contains more truth and depth than mere facts, so it makes sense for government researchers to ask sci-fi authors to imagine the future. A story of any kind won't go far if the author doesn't tell us "what happens" and "how the characters react."Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744866369548747484noreply@blogger.com