Firefly Names for Pets

POSTED BY: Delia
UPDATED: Sunday, April 25, 2004 19:49
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DELIA

Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:36 AM

Zoid,

I'll have to give that some thought, but yours are so good I doubt I could top them.

Actually, the writing form I'm experiment with right now is the Mini-saga, which is a short story of exactly 50 words with a title of no more than 15. It's harder than it sounds, but I've got a sort of Simon/River-ish one that I'm ALMOST happy with (but not quite).

As for hearing non-existant people talking in your head, I've been doin' that for years. They tend to turn up and want to chat at the least convenient times, like the middle of a mid-term, while I'm on the phone with my grandmother, etc.

Delia

DELIA

Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:37 AM

WildHeavenFarm,

I like the cats' names, but how did you pick poisons for the goats?

Delia

ZOID

Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:42 AM

Cybersnark:

Yeah, like I said, Herbert was just one example. I've seen several authors use a technique similar to the one I use for the Firefly 'future quotes'. Herbert uses several different versions of 'future quotes' from various character diaries, the galactic encyclopedia, Bene Gesserit manuals, etc.

And I've seen several other really good authors use it to good effect too. I personally prefer good old-fashioned 'foreshadowing' within the prose to give subtle hints; but, it's very hard to do that effectively without spoiling the surprise for the reader. Think about M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense: Tons of foreshadowing, so when he hits you with the movie's conclusion, it comes like an electrical shock. But that's veeerrry hard to pull off; even the producers of the show were certain they'd given too many hints, and that the audience would catch on. For examples of very capable use of foreshadowing, that nevertheless just misses being excellent try Nicole Kidman in The Others (I detected the gimmick about 30 minutes into the flick), or John Cusack in Identity (about an hour in, I had the whole double-twist thing figured out). Still good movies; but also good examples of how difficult it is to disguise your dramatic punches.

BTW: Dude. Me and the guys used to watch the Robotech 'cartoons' (never heard the term 'anime' back then) in hotel rooms all over the Southwest back in the early 80's. I never knew there were novels. What, like graphic novels?

Respectfully,

zoid
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"River and me was best friends, back then. I named my first-born daughter after her. 'Course, you can't swing a dead cat 'round here on I-Day without hittin' a River..."

- Kaywinnit Tam, wife and mother of 6, A Child Shall Lead Them: A History of the Second War of Independence Wilkins, Richard

WILDHEAVENFARM

Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:54 AM

I like the sound of Curare (kyooRahree) and the idea just sort of launched from there. The list included antimony, mercury, hellbore, belladonna, etc.

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Originally posted by Delia:
WildHeavenFarm,

I like the cats' names, but how did you pick poisons for the goats?

Delia

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

CYBERSNARK

Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
BTW: Dude. Me and the guys used to watch the Robotech 'cartoons' (never heard the term 'anime' back then) in hotel rooms all over the Southwest back in the early 80's. I never knew there were novels. What, like graphic novels?

Nope, actual, honest-to-goodness text novels.

Apparently, they were intended as adaptations of the series (of course, as most adaptations go, they read more like an expanded director's cut with all deleted scenes).

Since the Robotech animé was stitched together from three entirely different series (Macross, Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada, plus (IIRC) Macross Plus as Robotech: Sentinels), the novels stand up a lot better than the series.

There're even a few "extra" stories that bridge the gaps, like the Zentraedi Rebellion between "Macross" and "Southern Cross."

Oh, and pig difference; the novel timeline actually has a finale (End of the Circle, when the Sentinels return to Earth in time to repopulate after the Invid withdrawal removes all the protoculture/Flower of Life).

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MAGPIEDREAMER

Sunday, April 25, 2004 7:49 PM

Unfortunately, Andromeda got to my two older cats before Firefly did, (I named my adorable sibling tabby's Harper and Trance...) However, I've also lately adopted a little black kitten who I named Inara, 'cause she's kinda graceful and dainty and sofisticated, (I think she has Siamese blood), like Inara.

"I aspire to know everything about something and something about everything"-anon

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