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18 Dec 2016, 10:57 pm
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
That's actually a great idea 'blabby! I have a lot of original ideas that I would like to share with the literary world. Now all I need to do is pick a good genre for me... 
you got your work cut out for you.
Indeed. I think I may lean towards sci-fi or maybe speculative fiction.
I wish somebody would write about what would have happened had we not dropped the a-bomb. or what would have happened if FDR lost to hoover. or if Marilyn Monroe survived her assassination? [yes she was murdered]
18 Dec 2016, 10:59 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
That's actually a great idea 'blabby! I have a lot of original ideas that I would like to share with the literary world. Now all I need to do is pick a good genre for me...
you got your work cut out for you.
Indeed. I think I may lean towards sci-fi or maybe speculative fiction.
I wish somebody would write about what would have happened had we not dropped the a-bomb. or what would have happened if FDR lost to hoover. or if Marilyn Monroe survived her assassination? [yes she was murdered]
Alternate histories aren't really my thing, but I bet you could find some good books in that genre.
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18 Dec 2016, 11:00 pm
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
That's actually a great idea 'blabby! I have a lot of original ideas that I would like to share with the literary world. Now all I need to do is pick a good genre for me...
you got your work cut out for you.
Indeed. I think I may lean towards sci-fi or maybe speculative fiction.
I wish somebody would write about what would have happened had we not dropped the a-bomb. or what would have happened if FDR lost to hoover. or if Marilyn Monroe survived her assassination? [yes she was murdered]
Alternate histories aren't really my thing, but I bet you could find some good books in that genre.
also a story about what would have happened had john lennon survived.
18 Dec 2016, 11:05 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
That's actually a great idea 'blabby! I have a lot of original ideas that I would like to share with the literary world. Now all I need to do is pick a good genre for me...
you got your work cut out for you.
Indeed. I think I may lean towards sci-fi or maybe speculative fiction.
I wish somebody would write about what would have happened had we not dropped the a-bomb. or what would have happened if FDR lost to hoover. or if Marilyn Monroe survived her assassination? [yes she was murdered]
Alternate histories aren't really my thing, but I bet you could find some good books in that genre.
also a story about what would have happened had john lennon survived.
I bet there's one floating around out there somewhere.
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18 Dec 2016, 11:32 pm
18 Dec 2016, 11:39 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
I bet there's one floating around out there somewhere.
when you mentioned "speculative fiction" I thought that alternate histories were up your alley. what kind of speculate fiction did you have in mind?
Sorry for the confusion!
I meant that in reference to harder or "grounded" science fiction. I'm not really a history buff. Again sorry.
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18 Dec 2016, 11:51 pm
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
I bet there's one floating around out there somewhere.
when you mentioned "speculative fiction" I thought that alternate histories were up your alley. what kind of speculate fiction did you have in mind?
Sorry for the confusion!
I meant that in reference to harder or "grounded" science fiction. I'm not really a history buff. Again sorry.
no prob
ok, so you like speculative fiction- how 'bout writing about what would have happened if the internet had never developed for whatever reason? [at least not as we now know it]or, what if Einstein hadn't have come along, nor any of the people waiting in the wings who would have eventually discovered relativity? what would our world be like today?
18 Dec 2016, 11:57 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
I bet there's one floating around out there somewhere.
when you mentioned "speculative fiction" I thought that alternate histories were up your alley. what kind of speculate fiction did you have in mind?
Sorry for the confusion!
I meant that in reference to harder or "grounded" science fiction. I'm not really a history buff. Again sorry.
no prob
ok, so you like speculative fiction- how 'bout writing about what would have happened if the internet had never developed for whatever reason? [at least not as we now know it]or, what if Einstein hadn't have come along, nor any of the people waiting in the wings who would have eventually discovered relativity? what would our world be like today?
both good ideas
I will take a crack at those ideas, if you don't mind. 
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19 Dec 2016, 12:09 am
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Austinfrom1995 wrote:
I bet there's one floating around out there somewhere.
when you mentioned "speculative fiction" I thought that alternate histories were up your alley. what kind of speculate fiction did you have in mind?
Sorry for the confusion!
I meant that in reference to harder or "grounded" science fiction. I'm not really a history buff. Again sorry.
no prob
ok, so you like speculative fiction- how 'bout writing about what would have happened if the internet had never developed for whatever reason? [at least not as we now know it]or, what if Einstein hadn't have come along, nor any of the people waiting in the wings who would have eventually discovered relativity? what would our world be like today?
both good ideas
I will take a crack at those ideas, if you don't mind. be my guest
