Random thought of the day
Aug. 22nd, 2006 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularI still think that stuff like casual time travel was what killed the Star Trek juggernaut. Or, more precisely, treating things like time travel and alternate universes like it was just another day at the office.
Perhaps it should become a rule: when you're writing a sci-fi work, if you've got time travel or alternate universes involved, be sure you've got the appropriate atmosphere of We're In Deep Voodoo. 'Cos if your characters aren't thinking in terms of "we're doomed", then it won't be long before your fans are thinking in those terms, and no amount of clever writing is going to get you out of that.
Perhaps it should become a rule: when you're writing a sci-fi work, if you've got time travel or alternate universes involved, be sure you've got the appropriate atmosphere of We're In Deep Voodoo. 'Cos if your characters aren't thinking in terms of "we're doomed", then it won't be long before your fans are thinking in those terms, and no amount of clever writing is going to get you out of that.
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Date: 2006-08-23 09:24 am (UTC)