I have a fun idea for plots for sci-fi novels.
I am rather hoping someone will write one.
The basic idea is to take a regular sci-fi plot and reverse it.
In sci-fi the story line often hinges on a central character who sees the truth (according to the plot) and who everyone thinks is mad.
They often believe in a conspiracy theory that defies others’ belief systems which later turns out to be true.
A classic example would be Sarah Connor in the Terminator series.
In my sci-fi story, the roles are reversed.
The main character believes in what we currently believe in, reality.
The entire cast of characters in the story believe in something else.
In my latest incarnation of this idea…
The main character thinks there is a system called time which we must adhere to.
Around him in common reality there is no time.
There is no past, present or future.
He is the ONE person with this idea.
And is believed to be mad.
Of course, they lock him up.
I am quite sure it would be very hard to write such a novel.
I am also certain it could be a very clever play on reality and the person who wrote it would be considered a ground breaking author if they could pull it off.
See you on the other side of the looking glass,
July 14th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hi Mark
Nice idea. Only thing is, if the society he lives in doesn’t believe in time, why would they attempt to restrict his movements in time and space by locking him up? And with no past present or future, wouldn’t they already know wjether or not his behaviour could be modified as it would already be in all its possible states simulaneously.
I might be talking cr*p here as I am pretty three/four dimensional….
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