Internet readalong and also SCI-FI, OOH

[effex]

First off, a question: Do y'all think there'd be any interest in a Sci-fi fic fest? One open to any fandom, sci-fi or not, as long as the story explored sci-fi elements.

There is some cool fannish stuff this week:

*Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V mangas have been licensed for rerelease (or just plain release, in Sailor V's case) in the US! EEEEEEEEEEEE! We get the shiny anniversary editions and new translations and everything, it's a goddamn miracle. If you're only familiar with the US dub of the Sailor Moon anime, check out nevermore999's essay on why the manga is awesome.

* Showtime's picked up the script for a TV adaption of Chew! I don't know if I'd be able to watch it - I have a hard time just reading the comic - but I'm excited anyway.

* To go along with the maybe-someday Good Omens TV show, there's apparently a series about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in the works. CSI/Cop show style which, while potentially disastrous, is one of the coolest/geekiest TV show ideas ever.

And some not-cool fannish news: “AKIRA” adaptation courts white actors. And while we're at it: The Hunger Games: Racially Ambiguous? Perhaps Not. Fuck you, Hollywood.

Also:

* keeperofqkeys has some links re: the ongoing reactor situation at Fukushima. Zie says they're 'free of media bias, though somewhat heavy in technical jargon', which seems accurate.

* How people really behave during disasters

* The Republican Attack on Women’s Health Goes Global

* Backgrounder: Behind the Battle Over Hidden Debit Card Fees. Dry title but interesting reading. I remember my bank encouraging me to not use my pin # because it wasn't 'safe' and thinking it was about as stupid as the encouraging overdraft thing, now I know the reasoning. Hint: it wasn't to protect users.

* When “Big Pharma” Makes It Tough to be a Skeptic

* How to Do Space Science at Home: Q&A With Space Geek Ariel Waldman

* politics. Seriously, everybody should be following this comm (does this count as a Follow Friday post? We'll say yes.)

Comments

[zanzando]

Hell yes there'd be interest in such a fic fest! I mean, I wouldn't write, but I'd alpha and beta and say things such as " But consider the three-dimensional tactical properties of space battle!"; "What about the photon lasers?" etc.

[effex]

Hee, yes! I'm thinking a prompt-claim thing would be easiest, with a low required word count and assurances that it doesn't have to be 'hard' sci-fi. Or set in space Inception. No one needs to figure out FTL travel if they don't want to. And we could make a resource post and a beta post and just generally scratch my telling-people-neat-things itch. In conclusion, sci-fi!

[zanzando]

*claps hands* Yes! Yes! Yes!

Word count... How about 1,000? Or more?

Not hard sci-fi, so more about the sense of wonder, the sense of possibility, yeah? LOVE IT!

[effex]

I was thinking 500, but maybe that's too low? 1000 sounds good.

We'd have to come up with a loose definition of Sci-fi - tvtropes says something about any story where the tech is more advanced than the time period it's written in, which doesn't seem quite right. I mean, I guess it's technically correct, especially if expanded to include psychic abilities...maybe, hmm.