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In a dystopian world, a geeky geneticist invents a super-seed to avert global starvation and finds himself pursued by dark corporate profiteers.
I disagree. By reflecting real developments, and then amplifying them to an extreme context, a story can be more engaging precisely because it implicitly comments on real-world affairs. Of course, if the story was then written in a cliched and formulaic way, a lack of originality in the concept certRead more
I disagree. By reflecting real developments, and then amplifying them to an extreme context, a story can be more engaging precisely because it implicitly comments on real-world affairs.
Of course, if the story was then written in a cliched and formulaic way, a lack of originality in the concept certainly won’t help.
See lessIn a dystopian world, a geeky geneticist invents a super-seed to avert global starvation and finds himself pursued by dark corporate profiteers.
The first and last parts are clear and succinct, but maybe the middle can be tweaked? I would assume a geneticist character to be fairly geeky by default, so what does the description add? Is there a different part of their personality which could be better brought out? Or, perhaps emphasise aspectsRead more
The first and last parts are clear and succinct, but maybe the middle can be tweaked? I would assume a geneticist character to be fairly geeky by default, so what does the description add? Is there a different part of their personality which could be better brought out? Or, perhaps emphasise aspects of their geekiness which have an impact on the narrative – e.g. ‘naive’, so the character is very shocked and unprepared when the profiteers come for them.
I think the motivation is clear – the overarching being ‘avert global starvation’, with the immediate issue being surviving the profiteers.
However, the solution – the ‘super-seed’ – is quite a clumsy low-tech way of describing the crucial sciency part of the story. As a sci-fi fan, I want to be intrigued by this ground-breaking new technology.
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