Comments on: The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 6 http://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/ All creative works from Mur Lafferty Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:55:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-285 Matt Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:26:34 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-285 Woah, I was just thinking about something similar to that this morning... crazy. Woah, I was just thinking about something similar to that this morning… crazy.

]]> By: solakhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-284 solak Fri, 02 May 2008 05:51:46 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-284 Exactly; it is up to the writer to take the concept in a new direction. Q.v. Orson Scott Card's <a href="http://www.linearpublishing.com/RhinoStory.html" rel="nofollow">recent rebuttal</a> of <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071114-infringus-maximus-rowling-wins-injunction-against-harry-potter-lexicon.html" rel="nofollow">J.K.Rowling's suit</a> against the Harry Potter Encyclopedia. Exactly; it is up to the writer to take the concept in a new direction.
Q.v. Orson Scott Card’s recent rebuttal of J.K.Rowling’s suit against the Harry Potter Encyclopedia.

]]> By: Mur Laffertyhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-283 Mur Lafferty Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:11:12 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-283 solak- I appreciate the warning, but that would be like telling the writer of The Incredibles that it wouldn't work because ElastiGirl was too much like Reed Richards. (Or, in movie terms, I suppose it would be that Reed Richards was too much like ElastiGirl.)This is a superpower. I promise you that every story written with this power will be different. Just like every story with the super-strength power is different, or the "I'm on fire and it's cool" power is different, and "lookit my stretchy limbs" is different. This is just an idea. Execution is the key here. solak- I appreciate the warning, but that would be like telling the writer of The Incredibles that it wouldn’t work because ElastiGirl was too much like Reed Richards. (Or, in movie terms, I suppose it would be that Reed Richards was too much like ElastiGirl.)

This is a superpower. I promise you that every story written with this power will be different. Just like every story with the super-strength power is different, or the “I’m on fire and it’s cool” power is different, and “lookit my stretchy limbs” is different. This is just an idea. Execution is the key here.

]]> By: Peter Tupperhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-282 Peter Tupper Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:29:08 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-282 A sufficiently industrious person can do a lot in an hour (assuming he or she can manipulate objects in the extra hour.)Of course, this could be an interesting power in the hands of a slacker: an extra hour to catch up on Daily Show reruns. Then the challenge for the character is getting Hour 25 to do something useful. A sufficiently industrious person can do a lot in an hour (assuming he or she can manipulate objects in the extra hour.)

Of course, this could be an interesting power in the hands of a slacker: an extra hour to catch up on Daily Show reruns. Then the challenge for the character is getting Hour 25 to do something useful.

]]> By: solakhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-281 solak Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:53:01 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-281 Uh-oh. Watch out for duplication. According to Mark Jeffrey in his interview with J.C.Hutchins in Ultracreatives #11, the one-extra-hour-people story has been done, and was the reason why his sequel to The Pocket and the Pendant did not go to TV/Movie. It wasn't the same as his story, but the one-line summary was indistinguishable-by-executives. Both his and the other existing show were about Jr. High or High School students, so that may have contributed to the degree of matching.Just a heads-up. Uh-oh. Watch out for duplication. According to Mark Jeffrey in his interview with J.C.Hutchins in Ultracreatives #11, the one-extra-hour-people story has been done, and was the reason why his sequel to The Pocket and the Pendant did not go to TV/Movie. It wasn’t the same as his story, but the one-line summary was indistinguishable-by-executives. Both his and the other existing show were about Jr. High or High School students, so that may have contributed to the degree of matching.

Just a heads-up.

]]> By: Jessohttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-280 Jesso Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:10:36 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-280 What if it's not a superpower, but just a random thing that starts happening? What caused it? Is someone/something sinister behind it? If the main character alone in this? How would s/he find out if others were experiencing the same thing?I really like this idea :-) What if it’s not a superpower, but just a random thing that starts happening? What caused it? Is someone/something sinister behind it? If the main character alone in this? How would s/he find out if others were experiencing the same thing?

I really like this idea :-)

]]> By: CharlesPhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-279 CharlesP Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:15:19 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-279 Ohhh, I like this one Mur. I can never remember what it was I saw as a kid that involved stopping time (some TV movie with kids and a stopwatch? or just that silly show where the girl was the daughter of a human and an alien who talked to her from a crystal box on her bedside table... the one with "Would you like to wish on a star" as a theme song), but I've always liked a good take on somebody getting more time than everybody else. Ohhh, I like this one Mur. I can never remember what it was I saw as a kid that involved stopping time (some TV movie with kids and a stopwatch? or just that silly show where the girl was the daughter of a human and an alien who talked to her from a crystal box on her bedside table… the one with “Would you like to wish on a star” as a theme song), but I’ve always liked a good take on somebody getting more time than everybody else.

]]> By: solakhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/04/27/the-news-from-poughkeepsie-day-6/#comment-278 solak Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:56:26 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=129#comment-278 What if that hour with everyone else stopped is compensated by an hour of self-time-stop while the rest of the world goes on. Gotta find a closet or someplace to hide before your freeze-time! Every day! What if that hour with everyone else stopped is compensated by an hour of self-time-stop while the rest of the world goes on. Gotta find a closet or someplace to hide before your freeze-time! Every day!

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