Comments | quinby: Real life's getting more like fiction each day

quinby

Real life's getting more like fiction each day

Mar 08, 2011 08:55

This one's for the Ender fandom out there:

Headline on the BBC: US to name Locke envoy to China.

WHAT THE HELL. This is... somewhat creepy. Or maybe I just need more coffee this morning.

Is anyone with me?

just play the game, justice screaming for solutions, to anyone out of the mainstream, though the story never ends, to more than one dimension

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jkoster March 8 2011, 15:59:05 UTC

Wait for it... Demosthenes will be named envoy to India.

jkoster March 8 2011, 16:43:05 UTC

And on another note, tell me that the iPad doesn't sound an awful lot like the desks they used?

quinby March 8 2011, 19:01:00 UTC

Now that you mention it... they really do. That's kinda creepy. And now I kinda want one. Bah, fandom changing my purchasing inclinations.

jkoster March 8 2011, 19:05:15 UTC

And let's take a look at our bluetooth devices. They sure are getting smaller and smaller, almost like the implant from Speaker for the Dead.

And how about those instant messages that are received as soon as you hit Enter? Instant communication over incredible distance.

Hm, I think Orson Scott Card was onto something.

quinby March 8 2011, 19:10:27 UTC

Oh, I'm actually not convinced that philotics aren't fictional. I've seen too many relationships, too many loves develop and crumble online. People are a huge part of others' lives just due to text on a page. That sounds like the connection of philotics to me. I've never heard of a bad meeting between people who truly met and truly became a part of another's life online. I'm not talking about creepers in chat rooms, I'm talking games. Families, where people have known each other for, in many cases, years, and seeing someone in person is just a progression. I've seen, I believe no less than five marriages come out of games. (including my own.)

I think that some day we'll find that there's more to emotion than meets the eye.

I agree, though. There's a lot of tech anticipated in Ender's Game that's actually being realized now.

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badninja March 8 2011, 19:27:15 UTC

This is making Peter pop up in my brain and knock like "real life is leaving us behind, get a move on or I'll never forgive you."

OKAY WIGGIN CALM DOWN

quinby March 8 2011, 19:35:25 UTC

... we really need to do something about them.

Maybe this weekend? What're you up to this weekend? We should talk maybe tonight, and actually get off our asses and play with them. Yes? Yes.

badninja March 11 2011, 20:20:47 UTC

Yes! Definitely! I'm so sorry I didn't get to respond to this before, I've been really sick this week. But I'mm doing a lot better now so if there's anytime you're on, I can try to make sure to be on then <3

lai_lore March 8 2011, 20:15:45 UTC

Hilarious that you posted this, as I am reading the Ender's sequels. I finished Speaker and am now on Xenocide.

I bought them A MILLION YEARS AGO and am just now getting around to reading them. Why yes, they are awesome, just as you said. :D

In other news: I miss you! We haven't talked in forever!