Like most of the products of our decadent culture, my story is chock full of jocular references to other ephemeral products of our decadent culture. But I am very fond of it irregardless. I commend especially the reference to 'Pascal's Wager'. Together with this piece of Cyberiad fanfic from the same period it is a fairly complete picture of turn-of-the-century Clam thought about life, the universe, and all that...
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Occasionally I fantasise about instigating some new shared-universe project along the lines of the Monastery - with which, despite my involvement in its development, I never managed to engage all that strongly - or the Cyberiad. I do love collaborative fiction.
But I'm not a particularly gifted or motivated organiser, which is kind of where it falls down for me. I can easily get wrapped up in the development stage, but long-term sustained commitment to a project is...something I am still working on.
I've always loved that fish story though.
Aw, shucks! I'm glad you like the fish story. :)
Any shared universe ideas you are toying with, hmm? (Parenthetically I do still want to find out what was going on with Cameron the cursed hardware store owner. Do you fancy putting up a webpage for the New Salisbury Progress Association?)
In the spirit of shiny novelty, I'd just come up with something completely new. Besides, both the short-story-of-doom and my current novel-in-progress are both Sawl stories.
I am still broken up about losing the bulk of the Sounds of Lightning lexicon game though. That was a great collaborative piece, even if it died under the weight of the lexicon rules.
*Eagerly awaits new Sawl stuffs*
*Weeps for Sounds of Lightning*
I think that conversely to 'Sounds of Lightning' the 'Terra Altera' project perished of 'not enough rules'. It would be a place I would be keen to revisit...
What was that one again? I am having a blank moment.
This one. :)
Oh yes, I was thinking about that the other day. I had no idea that was what it was called (or no recollection at any rate)
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