The 312th Edition

[rhetoretician]

Here is the first Fan Fiction story I ever posted on SIYE, "The 312th Edition."  I'm not sure, technically, that it really counts as a "story", because it doesn't have a conventional narrative style.  It's written in deliberately dense prose (it's supposed to be a fragment of a history book), but there's a marked change in tone for the payoff at

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wow

[rosalinanarnen]

I like all your stories but this one just stands out as an original idea well executed.I keep being surprised with every story set in far future by how well you deal with the concepts of time and heritage.Somehow you make dates like year 2300 look like the most natural thing in the world.

Re: wow

[rhetoretician]

Thanks, Rosa! I'm delighted that you like it.

I think the problem of time and heritage fascinates me mostly because of my own awareness that I'm growing older. Maybe it's "Mid-Life Crisis Fiction." :)

That theme, however, is very nicely handled by a number of authors I can recommend with great enthusiasm. In particular, I'd point out:

• David Marusek's story, "The Wedding Album"
• Mike Resnik's story, "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge"
• Walter M. Miller's novel, A Canticle for Liebowitz
• Alastair Reynolds's story, "Zima Blue"
• Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy's story, "One Horse Town."

My grandfather's family came from Rovno, by the way.

Re: wow

[rosalinanarnen]

Thank you for the suggestions. I live in Kiev, by the way.In high school history use to be my favorite subject.Maybe that's why I like your stories.