tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post2422281338719784669..comments2023-03-24T09:38:57.165+00:00Comments on Racing Entropy: Flash Fiction: Homage to '253'NathanRyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-71200915929728565912009-01-16T14:20:00.000+00:002009-01-16T14:20:00.000+00:00Well, that certainly makes senseWell, that certainly makes senseUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584157512006175174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-284519325666969342009-01-16T11:25:00.000+00:002009-01-16T11:25:00.000+00:00According to the novel, there are 253 seats on a s...According to the novel, there are 253 seats on a standard London Underground train.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-18976835914390686702009-01-15T23:13:00.000+00:002009-01-15T23:13:00.000+00:00Do you happen to know how the number 253 was chose...Do you happen to know how the number 253 was chosen?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584157512006175174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-26852047957050829442009-01-15T21:55:00.000+00:002009-01-15T21:55:00.000+00:00@Matt: I'm gonna do a few more constrained writing...<B>@Matt:</B> I'm gonna do a few more constrained writing things soon... Am thinking of trying that old classic of writing something without the letter "e"!NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-12594572888178967242009-01-15T19:02:00.000+00:002009-01-15T19:02:00.000+00:00Hahaha, yeah, when I read this I immediately thoug...Hahaha, yeah, when I read this I immediately thought of Marten from QC.... <BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, I, too, share an affinity for constrained writing. Poetry has a million easy examples, but one of my favorite poems is The Span of Life by Frost:<BR/><BR/>"The old dog barks backwards without getting up.<BR/>I can remember when he was a pup."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-42746261240608421602009-01-15T12:24:00.000+00:002009-01-15T12:24:00.000+00:00@Latharia: Thanks for the comments! I just had a r...<B>@Latharia:</B> Thanks for the comments! I just had a random little idea, and decided to go with it. Quite happy with how things came out in the end, and made a difference from the usual sci-fi flavoured things that I would try.<BR/><BR/><B>@Karen:</B> I agree on the whole constrained writing front; I'm thinking of trying constrained comics next... :)<BR/><BR/><B>Note to anyone else reading this:</B> it occurred to me as I was thinking about the story the other day that the name I gave the character was a little familiar, and I couldn't place it. Eventually it dawned on me that one of the main characters in the webcomic Questionable Content is Marten Reed. He doesn't look like the character in this story though, at least not how I picture him in my head.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-46059518864341588242009-01-14T15:28:00.000+00:002009-01-14T15:28:00.000+00:00I like it. :)Constrained writing is a good discip...I like it. :)<BR/><BR/>Constrained writing is a good discipline. Difficult and challenging!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-3508917755636641902009-01-14T02:18:00.000+00:002009-01-14T02:18:00.000+00:00Oh, very cool! Love the evocative imagery!Oh, very cool! Love the evocative imagery!Lathariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595430762072916892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981719720100236931.post-60601538591780714162009-01-13T14:21:00.000+00:002009-01-13T14:21:00.000+00:00253 is a novel by Geoff Ryman from the 90s; it con...<I>253</I> is a novel by Geoff Ryman from the 90s; it concerns the passengers on a full London Underground train. Each person is presented in the manner above, and aside from the framing words (outward appearance, inside info, etc) each person had their story at that moment told in 253 words. A piece of flash fiction has to be quite a short story, and I was thinking the other day about challenges and constrained writing and so on, and eventually that lead to this.<BR/><BR/>Check out <I>253</I> if you ever get the chance, it's a really good read, and what starts out with you thinking you are reading a collection of very short stories becomes something altogether stranger.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com