tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post4659291742609351071..comments2024-03-24T17:49:05.886-04:00Comments on The Robert Moss BLOG: How active dreamers save a future world: Guest blog by Judith MoffettMarcia Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530003059608361331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-27472807501732932322014-02-15T08:43:26.116-05:002014-02-15T08:43:26.116-05:00Patricia, your image of SF writers as master arche...Patricia, your image of SF writers as master archers shooting arrows into the future is a hoot! Mostly, though, we're not trying to predict the future but to imagine what a particular future would be like IF such-and-such were to happen, or to go on happening. In my American Novel of Science Fiction course at Penn, I used to stress that SF asks <i>What if?</i> (ex.: What if a lot of dreamers correctly predict a catastrophe?) and that the resulting story is a thought experiment which tries to hit the target of one possible answer. The potential energy you mention is what fuels the thought experiment. I hope you like the experiment I ran in <i>The Bird Shaman</i>.<br /><br />Delaney's books are difficult but immensely rewarding if he is your cup of tea. I didn't know he was dyslexic. As Justin says, it sure didn't hold <i>him</i> back! If you haven't tried him, <i>Dahlgren</i> might be one place to start.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830183965954682662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-64734763356095932812014-02-14T09:40:35.294-05:002014-02-14T09:40:35.294-05:00Patricia,
Just thought you might like to look int...Patricia,<br /><br />Just thought you might like to look into the work of Samuel R. Delany. He is one of my favorite novelists and has written around 40 books. He is dyslexic but that didn't stop him.<br /><br />Oh, and I published issue 8 of my occassional journal The Dyslexicon this past year. The theme was Dreams, Time Travel & Spiders. It included sci-fi stories, dream reports, essays and poetry. Keep your pen to the paper and your keyboard clacking.<br /><br />JustinJustin Patrick Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354354033674548466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-46997731584153654822014-02-14T08:50:37.181-05:002014-02-14T08:50:37.181-05:00Thank you Judith for witing this. It is inspiring ...Thank you Judith for witing this. It is inspiring for me. As I became an active dreamer I also began to write. As I did these two things I began to write without struggling. I throw away the word dyslexic every time it wants to come back and dress me. <br />Science fiction is one of my favorite genres. It will be fun to read your book as I have had so many dreams of a possible future. This story is rather amazing stuff to me. From my perspective, science fiction is like potential energy that shoots it's path into the future. I imagine the writers as master archers and the future as thier targets.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475407354190409346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-91953641507191112742014-02-13T16:10:09.756-05:002014-02-13T16:10:09.756-05:00Thanks for responding, Justin. I grew up in Cinci...Thanks for responding, Justin. I grew up in Cincinnati from age 3 to college.<br /><br />I probably should have said in the blog that <i>The Bird Shaman</i> can be ordered from Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Shaman-Holy-Ground-Book/dp/0980245540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392325433&sr=8-1&keywords=moffett+bird+shamanJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830183965954682662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-11501153751398629562014-02-13T15:51:55.860-05:002014-02-13T15:51:55.860-05:00Good to hear of this flow of writing and synchroni...Good to hear of this flow of writing and synchronicity emerging on route to the Queen City. Thanks for sharing Judith. I'll be sure to check out your books and story.<br /><br />Justin <br />Cincinnati, Ohio<br /><br />P.S. I dreamed I was in the fiction stacks last night with a Science Fiction editor who was asking me what I was reading by new writers. I picked up "Sly Mongoose" by Tobias Buckell.<br /><br />Buckell's books are published by Tor and he lives in Ohio. Justin Patrick Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354354033674548466noreply@blogger.com