Topicality: Swine Fever Pandemics and Fiction Prediction - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T08:33:07Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/topicality-swine-fever?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A197149&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm speaking of my own plotti…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1971492009-05-05T13:58:00.272ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I'm speaking of my own plotting, of course.
I'm speaking of my own plotting, of course. Disasters make good plot mate…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1971462009-05-05T13:57:25.698ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Disasters make good plot material when the story sags. :)
Disasters make good plot material when the story sags. :) I agree we prowl the peripher…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1971322009-05-05T11:46:20.192ZHazel Edwardshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/HazelEdwards
I agree we prowl the periphery, so we come across fringe ideas. Thanks for all the comments<br />
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I have put a research article about the pandemic research on my website under Outback Ferals.
I agree we prowl the periphery, so we come across fringe ideas. Thanks for all the comments<br />
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I have put a research article about the pandemic research on my website under Outback Ferals. I think we live in a bounded…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1971272009-05-05T11:05:26.688ZAndrew Kenthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/AndrewKent
I think we live in a bounded reality. Fiction writers tend to prowl the periphery, so we come across some fringe ideas that are far-fetched compared to core daily functions, but still experienced by a fair number of people. Also, there is the effect of "once you notice something, it seems like it's everywhere," an experience we've all had. Someone mentions cream cheese or painter jeans to you, and suddenly it seems like cream cheese and painter jeans are the latest crazes. We tend to see what…
I think we live in a bounded reality. Fiction writers tend to prowl the periphery, so we come across some fringe ideas that are far-fetched compared to core daily functions, but still experienced by a fair number of people. Also, there is the effect of "once you notice something, it seems like it's everywhere," an experience we've all had. Someone mentions cream cheese or painter jeans to you, and suddenly it seems like cream cheese and painter jeans are the latest crazes. We tend to see what we're primed to see. So, I think for authors, we tend to see weird coincidences (I love the phrase "fiction prediction") because we explore the periphery of our bounded reality and thereby prime our brains to see these coincidences. In fact, we create one-half of the coincidence by writing the fiction! I thought it was freaky that…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1971062009-05-05T04:07:12.904ZJohn Dishonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/whiteskwirl
I thought it was freaky that the tsunami in Indonesia happened at the same time that Michael Crichton's State of Fear (which features a tsunami) was published.
I thought it was freaky that the tsunami in Indonesia happened at the same time that Michael Crichton's State of Fear (which features a tsunami) was published. Ever read The Odessa File by…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-05:537324:Comment:1970852009-05-05T02:43:03.534ZB.R.Statehamhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BRStateham
Ever read <u>The Odessa File</u> by Fredrich Forsythe. The novel went a long way in explaining how to get fake ID's and disappearing into a crowd by exchanging money, passports. etc. Forsthye was a correspondent for Reuters, I believe. Did his research down in the gutters and alleys of professional hitmen.<br />
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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Chricton (sp?). Of course he was a doctor to begin with so he could extrapolate possibilities.<br />
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Good writers can and do research. And they've been doing it…
Ever read <u>The Odessa File</u> by Fredrich Forsythe. The novel went a long way in explaining how to get fake ID's and disappearing into a crowd by exchanging money, passports. etc. Forsthye was a correspondent for Reuters, I believe. Did his research down in the gutters and alleys of professional hitmen.<br />
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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Chricton (sp?). Of course he was a doctor to begin with so he could extrapolate possibilities.<br />
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Good writers can and do research. And they've been doing it for years.