I wrote the start of a fantasy story when I was at university, fact fans.
I didn't like the whole elves and gnomes of the wizard city of Thr''aappprrr style of most of them and thought I'd have a crack at writing something better. It had a sort of pseudo-science to it. I quite enjoyed it, but I'd probably never try finishing the damned thing. Fantasy is whack, yo.
( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:56, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

i've barely read any
but my basic understanding is that sci-fi is robots or space or futuristic shit, whereas fantasy is dragons and lances and magicians.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:57, Reply)

Most "science fiction" is really fantasy in space.
Proper sci-fi is quite a narrow genre.
( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:58, Reply)

yeah so
why isn't my computer running google? why? whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:59, Reply)

Google it

( Peej, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:00, Reply)

Have you tried speaking to your local IT that might have some idea how your work machine is set up?
Or are you on that pink monstrosity you have at home?
( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:01, Reply)

oh yeah, because any IT department in any firm, ever, bothers picking up the phone
i must have called 5 times since it stopped working yesterday... what do you all do, all day?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:03, Reply)

Have you tried clearing out your browser cache?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:04, Reply)

i have no idea what that even means
but i think it might do it automatically, cookies or something being disabled, maybe? it never seems to remember anything.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:09, Reply)

I'm on the phone to an idiot that doesn't know how to work a printer right now, actually.

( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:04, Reply)

You're unlucky
we have strict rules on how long it should take to answer a call, how long to respond to an email, how long to accept a call and how long to fix it. Luckily I'm a developer so can ignore all that shit.
( Peej, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:13, Reply)

please enlighten us to the subtle yet important differences

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:59, Reply)

Science Fiction is supposed to be based in possible, theoretical science, I think.
I'm not really an expert on the subject. If it's all just pew pew lasers without any sort of explanation on how it works, it's space fantasy.
( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:00, Reply)

So howw does tsr trek balance on this tricky tight rope?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:01, Reply)

It doesn't, really. It flops off either side, seemingly at a whim.

( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Their pyjama uniforms whilst ridiculous and offering poor protection against both the elements and attack are in fact scientifically possible.

( Peej, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:03, Reply)

I'd be interested to know how the stories of William Gibson would be classified

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Dunno, never read them.

( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Well worth a read

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:05, Reply)

Post Apocalyptic is the best yo!

( Peej, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:02, Reply)

I'm a fan of thsi genre, John Wyndham was excellent.
Have you seen a film called Threads? Made by Sheffield CND in the '80s, and written by Barry Hines. It's on Google video.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:06, Reply)

and the readers are all desperate pasty virgins

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:59, Reply)

that takes stones

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 9:59, Reply)

That's the IT department isn't it?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:03, Reply)