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RE: Fresh Meat - The Writer's Block SciFi Entry - Steemit Exclusive! Part I
Well done, @valued-customer. Your giant lexicon is paying off in spades. I love Sci-fi horror and yours totally delivers. I can almost feel those titanium mandibles sinking into my flesh. Reminds me a bit of Heinlein's Starship Troopers, not so much the writing style but the imagery. To me, good science fiction is neither overly technical nor does it venture much beyond the physically possible, entering into fantasy. Excellent job on both counts.
Is this meant to be stand alone or is it part of a larger novel? Can't wait for the movie. Two thumbs up.
It's a one-off written for this contest. I considered expanding it and seeking a publisher, but it's a topic that is threatening to become science fact, rather than fiction, and I wanted to get this out in the wild before someone actually makes these damn things.
None of the technology is fictional, except in it's particular arrangement (as far as I know) in the drones.
Using vats, this could be done today.
Drone armies on now on the market. The USA, Israel, Russia, China - everybody with imperial intent - are buying.
The possibilities are indeed horrifying, and there needs to be some counter-development that states will not undertake, as that would reduce the effectiveness of their armies. I hope I may contribute in some small way to encourage that pushback, for all our sakes.
We've been under the threat of nuclear destruction our entire lives. From cobalt bombs to emps to neutron bombs, we already have ways to wipe out the organics and leave the infrastructue intact and yet here we still are. As horrible as your scenario is, I believe that the more devastating the technology, the less likely our great leaders will use them. Robot armies would indeed make short work of meat armies, but then it'd soon be robot against robot with us organics hiding in the shadows. The agenda is to keep us frightened and running in the squirrel cage to power the matrix, not wipe us off the face of the Earth (though, those contingencies exist, I imagine).
Meanwhile, keep writing those great scenes. Link them together and you have an entertaining story. Your writing is rich with imagery and complexity with hints of blackberry, almond and pine and a crisp finish...oh, wait. That was the Merlot I drank last night. Congratulations!
Part III is up. I but wish I could pull off the crisp finish of a fine wine =p
I couldn't agree more with your comments regarding war and it's purpose.
It's one of the reasons I fear drone armies so, as it enables finely graduated response, and practically guarantees war forever.
Thanks!