Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Loosely Science Fiction
Another blogger suggested that Craters was "loosely science fiction." I think maybe this story was the wild card of getting into the years best science fiction. I felt that the story went no where. A sad tale of a future where a reporter is investigating the use of state required microchips in children to turn them into unwilling suicide bombs. I just felt like the story ended without accomplishing anything or going anywhere. It was like one of those "Lost" episodes somewhere in the third season that has nothing to do with the plot of the story and is just a random snapshot of life on a strange island. I appologize for such a strange analogies. I kind of feel like Dwight Schrute now. This story was just a small snapshot of the future the author created. I felt like it was a valid idea that needed just a little more meat to it.
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I agree. And while others see this story as plausible, I found it kind of ridiculous. I just don't see this happening in the future. But hey, I'm no Miss Cleo.
ReplyDeleteI'm just not sure what theme or point the story was trying to convey, but perhaps I'll reread it before class and see what I can find. Stories such as this where the details gradually emerge sometimes make more sense on the next go-round.
I also agree with both the OP and Eric. The story could have gone somewhere, but just ended without any explanation or accomplishment. I mean, you have some ridiculous sci-fi of cyborgs and explosives powerful enough to destroy parts of buildings while small enough to fit in a microchip and still somehow able to not destroy their ground zero and just magically appear in children without anyone knowing anything.
ReplyDeleteBombs pre-set to a specific time and date and someone giving away tickets to send their targets to their doom, and an anonymous money donor for cyborg parts. There is plenty to go on, yet the story paves a road the author refuses to go down.