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Questions 1274: Competition From AI Dec 31, 2021

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Simon asks:Will AI be able to create reasonable stories over the near-term, or within our lifespans?

Resources Mentioned
We Create Worlds

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Question 991: The Social Function of Sports Dec 30, 2021

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Robert asks: What is the social place of sports? What served that function in the distant past, and what might serve that function in the future?

Braveheart
Disney’s Pocohantas
The Patriot
Suave Rob’s Awesome Adventures
Starship Troopers (film)
Free Solo
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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Questions 990: Chapter Management Dec 29, 2021

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Nichole Asks: One of my chapters had ballooned out of control so I divided it up into three new chapters, but rather than reordering the chapters multiple times, I’ve temporarily renumbered them as subsets of the original – 6a, 6b and 6c. Are there other ways to manage of your chapters while writing?

The Clarke Lantham Mysteries
Predestination podcast

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Q989 Dr. Who Bad Guys Dec 28, 2021

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Simon asks: Who/What are your top three favorite Doctor Who baddies and why?

Resources Mentioned

Doctor Who

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Question 988: Sequel Blurbs Dec 27, 2021

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Robert asks: Do you have any suggestions for writing an effective blurb for a sequel, as opposed to a blurb for a standalone or a first in a series?

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Question 987: I’ll Give You *One* Dec 23, 2021

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Simon asks: How can “I’ll give you one” work with sci-fi and fantasy, where there’s often multiple aspects of the stories that one needs to suspend disbelief.

Walt Disney: The Plausible Impossible
Protective Mimicry by Clifford D. Simak
Dead Alive

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Feedback on Suspension of Disbelief Dec 22, 2021

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Nichole has feedback on the Suspension of Disbelief episode.

Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
The Complete Stories of Isaac Asimov
The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
Soylent Green by Harry Harrison
Captive Universe by Harry Harrison

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Feedback: Future Histories and Jerry Pournelle Dec 21, 2021

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Roland has feedback on the episodes Adjusting Your Future History on the Fly and Don’t Abandon That Future History!

Resources Mentioned

The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
King David’s Space Ship by Jerry Pournelle
http://www.chronology.org/pournelle/

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Feedback: The Rest of the Bradbury Challenge Dec 21, 2021

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Today, Herb has feedback on the recent episode on author burnout, with a unique solution to refilling the tank.

The Ray Bradbury Challenge (from a speech at the University of California)
Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of Robert W. Service
The Complete Works of Robert E. Howard
Last Night of the Earth Poems by Charles Burkowski
In Defense of Sanity: The Best of G.K. Chesterton
Against Interpretation: And Other Essays by Susan Sontag
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwicke
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee
Collected Works of H.L. Menken

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Question 986: Swords, Sorcery, and Buddyhood Dec 16, 2021

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Charlie says: I plan to have the Heroine join the Hero in parts of the journey, but without a sexual relationship. How to maintain interest and tension in an opposite sex friendship without sex or romance?

Black Jack Justice series page
Black Jack Justice (book 1), by Gregg Taylor
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson

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