9th January 2006, 11:13 AM
Think of lazy as some sort of harsh critic. Take what he says seriously and impersonally, as I think he knows of what he speaks. I myself can't say much about it yet.
I will say what sort of story I'd like to read. I'd like a sci-fi setting that didn't focus on the setting at all. Just, you know, people living their lives. One might pick up on cool gadgets here and there but it will never be the focus. One would need to learn about the setting much more indirectly. The important thing would be the people to the point of excluding the very setting almost.
That's my story though. If you really want to do this, just make sure it's something you think is good.
I will say what sort of story I'd like to read. I'd like a sci-fi setting that didn't focus on the setting at all. Just, you know, people living their lives. One might pick up on cool gadgets here and there but it will never be the focus. One would need to learn about the setting much more indirectly. The important thing would be the people to the point of excluding the very setting almost.
That's my story though. If you really want to do this, just make sure it's something you think is good.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)