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So, another case of finally getting around to an idea I had almost immediately after seeing the 
Thursday_Prompt three weeks ago with 'lift'. One of the interesting things about being Canadian is you usually end up exposed to both American and British terms, and seeing 'lift' I immediately thought of one British meaning where 'lift' is another term for 'elevator'. And then my brain took the idea and pretty literally took a turn into the Twilight Zone.
Yes, this story was pretty deliberately modelled on the old Twilight Zone TV show, and the specific sort of weird, cerebral, and often rather self-contained SF vibe they usually went for. (Not sure 'self-contained is really the term I'm looking for, but most of the shows had a really limited number of characters and often provided minimal details on any of them, deliberately going with a sort of 'everyman' character. So yes, never referring to the main character by name was deliberate, if awkward.)
Considered doing this as a screenplay to tap into that vibe even more, but was having enough trouble getting this out of my head as it was.
Also only barely a furry story until the end, I know, but that also kind of fit.
No idea whether I'll do anything else with this. But at least one of the most famous original Twilight Zone episodes actually did get a sequel, so I'm not ruling it out. (That being the 1961 episode It's a Good Life which later became part of the movie, and which had a sequel during the 2002 revival of the show in which Bill Mumy reprised the same role he had in the original episode, forty years later.)
Thursday_Prompt three weeks ago with 'lift'. One of the interesting things about being Canadian is you usually end up exposed to both American and British terms, and seeing 'lift' I immediately thought of one British meaning where 'lift' is another term for 'elevator'. And then my brain took the idea and pretty literally took a turn into the Twilight Zone.Yes, this story was pretty deliberately modelled on the old Twilight Zone TV show, and the specific sort of weird, cerebral, and often rather self-contained SF vibe they usually went for. (Not sure 'self-contained is really the term I'm looking for, but most of the shows had a really limited number of characters and often provided minimal details on any of them, deliberately going with a sort of 'everyman' character. So yes, never referring to the main character by name was deliberate, if awkward.)
Considered doing this as a screenplay to tap into that vibe even more, but was having enough trouble getting this out of my head as it was.
Also only barely a furry story until the end, I know, but that also kind of fit.
No idea whether I'll do anything else with this. But at least one of the most famous original Twilight Zone episodes actually did get a sequel, so I'm not ruling it out. (That being the 1961 episode It's a Good Life which later became part of the movie, and which had a sequel during the 2002 revival of the show in which Bill Mumy reprised the same role he had in the original episode, forty years later.)
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The sequel is out there as freeware, under the title "The Ur-Quan Masters". The problem with it is how much it heavily requires either taking notes, using a walkthrough, or failing a few games and trying again with the new info. But still pretty fun.
... if only because of the various non-human species out there who are interesting.
... if only because of the various non-human species out there who are interesting.
Heh. Reminded me of this xkcd. "Dear God..." "Yes, my child?" "I would like to file a bug report."
It has its own Wikipedia page: It's Still a Good Life.
I'd actually read the original short story of It's a Good Life first, from one of my father's Best of SF anthologies. Bill Mumy may be best known for Will Robinson and Lennier, but he's got quite a list of roles he's done over the years.
I'd actually read the original short story of It's a Good Life first, from one of my father's Best of SF anthologies. Bill Mumy may be best known for Will Robinson and Lennier, but he's got quite a list of roles he's done over the years.
I wasn't going for any particular previously-existing story universe; mostly just went with wolves because, frankly, wolves share a lot of the same niches as humans do, both being stamina-based and pack-based hunters that chase prey until it falls over from exhaustion. A wolf is pretty much the only other land animal that can keep up with a human in a marathon.
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