Timeline for How did the Thing build a spaceship?
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| Apr 24, 2016 at 23:21 | history | edited | Wad Cheber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2015 at 22:16 | vote | accept | giacomo casanova | ||
| Apr 10, 2014 at 23:02 | comment | added | joshbirk | Fair enough, I suppose I cannot argue with Watts himself :) | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 22:18 | comment | added | Andres F. | @joshbirk Oh, I thought the story is marvellous, don't get me wrong. But even the author himself calls it a piece of fan-fiction, which it is by definition. (Usually we associate "fan-fiction" with "low quality", but in this case it's clearly not the case!) | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 21:49 | comment | added | joshbirk | I mean if you want one connection, his novel Starfish was nominated for the Campbell award. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 21:47 | history | edited | joshbirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2014 at 21:46 | comment | added | joshbirk | Ah, no they aren't even contemporary. But I think equating Watts to fanfic is way, way off base - this is a Hugo nominee we're talking about here. Like I said, if you are going speculate - you don't get much better than Watts. And as this franchise doesn't really have much in the way of canon, this is about as close as you are likely to get. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 20:57 | comment | added | Andres F. | I think this story is great, but must sadly side with @Richard. This is fanfiction, not canon. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 20:37 | comment | added | Valorum | I'm unaware of any direct connection between watts and Campbell (feel free to correct me on this) which basically makes his story a fanfic. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 20:12 | comment | added | joshbirk | or to put in another way, I don't think a truly canon answer exists - but Watts' story is at least somewhere hovering around canon. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 20:11 | comment | added | joshbirk | Agreed, but I truly doubt any answer for this can't be done without some serious speculation. And if you want speculation, it is hard to get better than Peter Watts. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 18:56 | comment | added | Valorum | A clever answer but I'm pretty sure the whole point of the short story was to subvert the obvious by making the "thing" a sort of tragic antihero. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 18:47 | history | answered | joshbirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |