tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post7120551286158527909..comments2022-02-09T03:06:58.862-08:00Comments on KL's Writing FAQ's: How Science Fiction Could Save the World (#SFWA Pro)Kathryn (KL) Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-85197921122156372352016-12-07T07:54:08.089-08:002016-12-07T07:54:08.089-08:00Yesh. Excellent. But I must try.Yesh. Excellent. But I must try.Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-66825322217942766292016-12-07T07:33:17.213-08:002016-12-07T07:33:17.213-08:00Exactly why I found Canticle so compelling. Techno...Exactly why I found Canticle so compelling. Technology is too seductive to be left alone, and humans are too good at developing it. Just desserts.ghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488846601991811827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-64209523691549301622016-12-07T07:08:01.231-08:002016-12-07T07:08:01.231-08:00Yes, the world would be better off without us, no ...Yes, the world would be better off without us, no argument. Now I'm wondering--if a few humans survive what is coming, will they keep alive the history of what has happened and make it an article of their new faith never to let it happen again? (Kind of like the guys in the Institute in Pandora's Promise.) My guess is no... if humans survive they will do exactly as they have done previously and will end in destroying the new ecosystem they have created.Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-41500704965275533352016-12-07T07:03:12.395-08:002016-12-07T07:03:12.395-08:00If Evvy and Zach survived so can, well, maybe not ...If Evvy and Zach survived so can, well, maybe not we, but someone. It may be brutish and short, but what makes it worth being human will survive. A Canticle for Liebowitz (which I once taught) is a testament to faith in science, though I do admit the world would be better off without us.ghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488846601991811827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-29594679341101083392016-12-06T18:43:30.870-08:002016-12-06T18:43:30.870-08:00Thanks! I'm on it!Thanks! I'm on it!Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-62192217505219479082016-12-06T16:14:01.038-08:002016-12-06T16:14:01.038-08:00Sure can, just to grease your wheels. Headline: &q...Sure can, just to grease your wheels. Headline: "Can Science Fiction Save Trump's America?" Pick five catastrophic flaws in the Trumplandia program (get started with https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pessimists-guide-to-2017/) and match an important part of each one with a known sci-fi storyline, famous authors preferred (to help sell the piece). At that point, our guess is the piece will start writing itself. Oh, and the "Bob &" is because blogspot doesn't like multi-part names with punctuation or special characters. Neither do credit card companies, banks, insurers, prison wardens, and in-laws. We sometimes go under our Google handle of "Observer," which we'll use now.<br />Hugs (till Sunday?),<br />Bob & Ursula (helped by Semi;)Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553009325136370173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-84860787294820509662016-12-06T15:57:42.723-08:002016-12-06T15:57:42.723-08:00One of you is missing, but I think I know who you ...One of you is missing, but I think I know who you are! Can you give more feedback on the best way for me to do this?Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-7975437447882426662016-12-06T14:50:16.434-08:002016-12-06T14:50:16.434-08:00Absolutely excellent article, and viewpoint. We se...Absolutely excellent article, and viewpoint. We see a mainstream op-ed piece coming out of this idea.Bob &http://garrwald.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-71424897174209407152016-12-06T13:06:48.603-08:002016-12-06T13:06:48.603-08:00Karen: I don't know when or how it happened, b...Karen: I don't know when or how it happened, but it did. I fear it is too late to do anything but wait for the inevitable apocalypse, but maybe, just maybe, enough people in charge can be awakened that we can pull back before it's too late. Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-90107032621435913292016-12-06T13:05:12.903-08:002016-12-06T13:05:12.903-08:00Ann: 35 years is long enough to reproduce and get ...Ann: 35 years is long enough to reproduce and get the kid to reproductive age... all that is really needed in a primitive world. <br />Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-82199017717913568412016-12-06T09:47:45.065-08:002016-12-06T09:47:45.065-08:00When did SCIENCE become just another "belief ...When did SCIENCE become just another "belief system" in the United States of America? We live in a post-fact, post-truth world. We have lost our human connectivity, our sense of wonder, our dreams for a future far greater than what we know. Bless you, Kathryn Lance, for endeavoring to awaken a society asleep at the wheel. Karen Pollittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-5631624403427474782016-12-06T08:15:56.402-08:002016-12-06T08:15:56.402-08:00Well lifespans of 35 years could be the result. No...Well lifespans of 35 years could be the result. Normal in the Middle Ages. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-4091170647290391672016-12-06T05:58:18.254-08:002016-12-06T05:58:18.254-08:00Excellent points, Ann. I hope you are right. If hu...Excellent points, Ann. I hope you are right. If humans only have to accept a lesser life span and lower standard of living, we are getting off easy! (IMHO of course)Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-2947508499375404782016-12-06T05:43:21.612-08:002016-12-06T05:43:21.612-08:00Having a science background does add horror to opi...Having a science background does add horror to opinions bandied about as facts. Nature always has a balance going and what many don't realize is that man is part of that balance. If humans disappeared the next hour, the environment would be much healthier. If all microbes disappeared, the world would grind to a stop within an hour. <br />Unfortunately, society will have to experience some of the problems of an environmental rebalancing act to take environmental issues more seriously. It will affect the captains of industry as well as the common man. It will work out. Those that are living will see a lower age of death, more illness and lower standard of living. <br />Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-37731669422992608462016-12-06T05:37:37.368-08:002016-12-06T05:37:37.368-08:00Thanks for your feedback, Truman! I like "dis...Thanks for your feedback, Truman! I like "disguising facts as something shiny and new." Probably movies would be even better than books for these guys, except my experience is that the science in science fiction movies is usually jettisoned in favor of spectacle. As for my trilogy, I fear as a prophecy it is too optimistic considering where we seem to be headed....Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-29589511290722348702016-12-06T05:32:00.802-08:002016-12-06T05:32:00.802-08:00Good points! Considering that the proposed new adm...Good points! Considering that the proposed new administration members are willing to believe 'made up facts' before anything labeled 'scientific', maybe the best way to get their attention is by disguising facts as something shiny and new. These people seem more impressed by dreadful scenarios that could make blockbuster movies, than hopeful dreams in which everyone lives a better and more fulfilling life.<br />The Pandora trilogy would make a terrific mini-series since it has all the elements of storytelling, characterizations and suspense. I'm afraid it is also an unnerving prophecy given the current climate. True Fablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420437203392477100noreply@blogger.com