Post AlOQKOa2dFsZBAh35M by Sevoris@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AlOQKNlhePc4f38qci by Sevoris@mastodon.social
       2024-08-27T12:21:12Z
       
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       #writersCoffeeClub 8/27: To what extent does technology impact your story?I seem to have converged on writing speculative fiction spaces where technology is more of an enabler. What is done how speaks a lot about the societies of my characters, and what goals they pursue, and what they value.My writing has a strong undercurrent of "what do you build, why" and so deals less in The One Disruptive Tech whose impact is interrogated. That said, my stories spin a lot around space. So-
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOQKOa2dFsZBAh35M by Sevoris@mastodon.social
       2024-08-27T12:23:17Z
       
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       -without the availability of spaceflight, starships and related life support capabilities, the stories as such wouldn‘t be told. In the same way, automation and biotech impact the room of the possible in a lot of ways. And #ApeironTerminus has wormholes, whose practical use is entirely hypothetical, creating the setting of the panhuman sphere in the first place. So in that sense, technological capabilities have a lot of impact. And the one AT story that‘s furthest rotates around terraforming.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOQKQPpoAu2s5vvSC by Sevoris@mastodon.social
       2024-08-27T12:25:56Z
       
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       On the gripping hand again… that means tech paints the medium a little less. There‘s a stronger focus on asthetics and character‘s intentions than the particular mechanisms - I don‘t describe or cleave to particular user interfaces. (Which would be an interesting way to add character or paint the medium.) That decision kind of comes from avoiding excessive, loud worldbuilding writing in the story itself. The people who care can figure out how I imagine the engineering of something work anyway.