02 April 2012

We All Know This Blog Is Crap Anyway...

I don't know what to do.


Last week's book really messed with the HEP score and I'm not sure how or if I should fix it.  When I created it, I thought the category "Scientific Wonders" would be broad enough to cover any of the cool scientific advancements/other random creations in any book.  I've found that in books like The Demolished Man and especially This Immortal, there are some SF elements that just aren't captured there.  Notably ESP and terribly mutated people/beings/things.  These aren't "scientific" achievements per se, though in the case of the mutants, I suppose they only existed because of cobalt bombs.


When I created those 5 categories, they were the elements of the genre that most appealed to me.  Now that I've read a few more titles, I see that there are some slightly similar but also very different things that aren't captured here so maybe I need a 6th category, or to change the name of "Scientific Wonders".


Then again, those categories represent what first captivated me about SF, so maybe I should leave them the way they are and the scores will, in the end, demonstrate how my tastes in SF change throughout the project?


I don't know what to do.

9 comments:

  1. Leave it and adapt. Do not mess with the force.

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  2. I also suggest leaving it alone. Just use "scientific wonders" as a generic term for science fiction elements or wonders, or some such.

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  3. you can't go back now!

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  4. keep it, and asterisk w/ clarification or make a notation (as you have done here, in a sense). It is good to start out with an idea and see how it is changed or how an expectation is met or no...that is part of every project, right?

    ~L (omphaloskepsis)

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  5. I enjoy your blog. For what it is worth.

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  6. On an unrelated subject can you link your daily run log want to see what I am up against. For those of you reading this I am talking about our friendly Marathon competition. Uncle Jimmy must beat Nephew Jeremy in our Epic challenge of the Space Coast!

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    1. That looks like a battle worth watching!

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    2. What makes you think this is a friendly competition? ;)

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