This is great! Got me going back through some of Scott's old fiction.
One of my favorite series is the Bay Area House Party posts. I just happened to take my own stab at that formula, posted to the Hidden Open Thread yesterday
One pedantic correction—the departure point for UNSONG is Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the moon. It's based on the idea that the moon projects from the interior of a sphere, so when you try to go around the moon, you end up cracking the sphere.
I must say, I have really enjoyed Scott's fiction, and I think your point, that we give more of our attention to writers we trust already, is one of those insights.
It may be relevant to understanding prophets.
It was a great essay, and I'm going to have to read it again to fully process it.
Thank you for the kind feedback! We’re planning to post a survey of the “web canon” pretty soon (UNSONG included ofc) if that sounds interesting to you
This is great! Got me going back through some of Scott's old fiction.
One of my favorite series is the Bay Area House Party posts. I just happened to take my own stab at that formula, posted to the Hidden Open Thread yesterday
https://nicoroman.substack.com/p/ancient-fragment-of-a-bay-area-house
I loved this essay.
One pedantic correction—the departure point for UNSONG is Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the moon. It's based on the idea that the moon projects from the interior of a sphere, so when you try to go around the moon, you end up cracking the sphere.
Thanks for the tip, I will make these edits!
Thanks.
I must say, I have really enjoyed Scott's fiction, and I think your point, that we give more of our attention to writers we trust already, is one of those insights.
It may be relevant to understanding prophets.
It was a great essay, and I'm going to have to read it again to fully process it.
Thank you for the kind feedback! We’re planning to post a survey of the “web canon” pretty soon (UNSONG included ofc) if that sounds interesting to you
Yes. I'm definitely interested.
I read the entire SSC archive and UNSONG after I discovered ACX.