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Laura Fox's avatar

So... Presumably given it's science fiction there must be some consideration of the genetic diversity present in the breeding group (or rather the lack of it...). If you're wanting to set up a new colony somewhere choosing a group of people who are already known for numerous medical issues linked to recessive diseases doesn't sound like a prime plan.

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Edrith's avatar

A very good point!

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Neil's avatar
Apr 1Edited

Is there a length of time it's considered polite to wait before suggesting this might be a rather subtly crafted April Fool?

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Rachael's avatar

Very well played! I was fooled. I saw there was a new post and I thought "oh good, I hope it's an April fool like last year's." Then there was all the preamble about birth rates, which seemed (and indeed was) correct and sensible. Then by the time you started the review, I was sufficiently absorbed in the article that the part of my brain that was looking for an April fool got swapped out of memory.

Both the show itself and your review of it were very believable (except maybe the Weird Al bit, which should have tipped me off).

Having put in the work to come up with the setting and a bit of plot, have you thought about actually writing it as a novel?

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Edrith's avatar

Thank you! Possibly I made it too subtle this year - my hope was that the Weird Al reference and the started as a reality TV show would be clues, but I guess producers do do / think strange things, so arguably it wasn't stranger than reality could be.

Nice idea, but I think I've found writing non-fiction / shorter pieces something I enjoy more than novels - at least with a full time job. Anyone else is welcome to take up the idea though!

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Rachael's avatar

I didn't think you could possibly mean a real reality show set on an alien planet several decades' journey away, so I thought you meant a pretend reality show that's actually fully scripted and acted, like Total Drama Island.

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