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Mohanaprasad

Hello Friends,

I have uploaded a new sci-fi story series named 'MEMORY' Please read that and share your reviews, comments, and thoughts.

https://www.inkitt.com/mohanaprasad

Apollohaslanded

I am new to this community and I was wondering how would someone write a sci-fi fiction book, I have found that I have gotten more into sci-fi fiction and I can actually read longer books now, of about 495 pages and I would like to know how I would write a sci-fi fiction book. I have also been wondering if any of y'all are like me, really science-y and enjoy thinking about if these books were real. My step-dad believes Sci-fi fiction books are real to a point so I wanna know if any of y'all ... See More

believe that is true. My friend sys that television and phones used to be Sci-Fi Fiction and now we have them. Also Did y'all know that aliens exist and they are finding more and more planets that could hold human life. I would like to be an astronaut and go to one of those planets to see if it does hold life like ours. Sorry if this is too much I am just really big on stuff like this and it is not a political thing which usually upsets people I have found, its more like a science nerd writing about herself and trying to figure out what is true and not. Thank you for reading my Ted Talk. ^^ -Apollohaslanded

Suriya Fatima Khan

I was wondering...is science fiction really popular on Inkitt, and can a sci fi novel actually win the monthly contest?

Most readers seem to be fans of werewolf and erotica. Or romance.

Is this a good place for a new sci fi writer?

I've been looking for an honest answer since I joined.

Thanks!

Mckaelah_Teen @suriyafatima To be honest I'm not really sure. I don't read anything with romance, and they haven't hosted a sci-fic contest in a while. You can enter any contest though as long as it has the other genre. One thing I can promise you is that everyone starts on even ground.

Rachel Anne Wallace

Is this a discussion group or a place to promote whatever someone has written? I don't see a lot of discussions taking place..

J.Z. Mejia C. This is a discussion group. Self-advertisements/promotions and review swaps are reserved for the Review Me group. :)

Rachel Anne Wallace Have you read what is actually posted? It doesn't seem to match.

J.Z. Mejia C. Sometimes new users don't know they're not supposed to advertise their stories here, but those advertisements will usually get taken down. Of all the groups though, this one generally isn't active as the other ones.

Rachel Anne Wallace If that's true is the same for all the groups. I was hoping for something more dynamic and useful, but the topics I've posted haven't generated feedback.. I guess that proves your point.

Rachel Anne Wallace

If you were a woman of the future and traveled to the far reaches of the universe where you met males who were different from your own what would you find attractive for a sexual adventure? I've not seen this topic discussed anywhere and thought I would poll female authors for their thoughts. Details would be useful here in terms of physical attributes as well as behavior.

J.B. Ezar I think physical attraction is all about biology and cultural context. The closer the aliens are to humans in appearance, the easier it is for us to find them attractive. Things like well-shaped muscles and physical strength might make us overlook ... See More

blue skin or a tail, while arachnid-like creatures would still seem repulsive no matter how beautiful their eyes are. But if we grew up around tentacles and slimy blobs where heads usually reside, we might end up in love with an alien who is kind and selfless and makes us laugh. After all, people nowadays have all kinds of weird kinks, so perhaps there’ll be a human woman out there for that lonely blue-eyed telepathic spider from around Gliese 229 A.

Rachel Anne Wallace @J_B_Ezar I just realized that we are talking about attraction from the human perspective. What would an alien male have to see in us to make us 'attractive'. To most alien species we might seem 'repulsive'. But, our distaste of certain physical ... See More

characteristics such as too many legs, eyes, or tentacles is a product of our evolutionary past just as their own would be. Seems as if friendship is the most likely outcome, not love in the romantic sense or reproductive sense.

JK Smith I believe this may be easier to answer than one might expect. we are surrounded daily be creatures, other species, where those species have been divided into two. Birds, butterflies, bats... and so. So how we each react to those is likey how we would ... See More

react to those afar from us. But it would indeed be a discovery to learn of life, independently borne and evolved off Earth, that happened upon the accidental split of a species into two, or more parts. They would likely exist as asexual reproducers or as insecta-- a single reproducer surrounded by drones, workers, and a multitude of other differentiated parts of the genome. ;o)

Ali @hardwonwoman fjccn

Rachel Anne Wallace Your characterization of 'two' parts is confusing. I assume you mean 'male and female'. The suggestion of an 'accidental split' ignores evolution as an orderly process based upon the laws of physics and chemistry. How we would react to another ... See More

sentient life form is not the way we interact with other animals we see every day.

J.Z. Mejia C.

Hello everyone! April is upon us and I wanted to start us off with a mini-challenge. In a situation where your MC had to choose between saving themselves or someone else at their own expense, who would your MC choose and why?

Deleted User Being selfish and devious, mine would save themselves!

DWdystopian My MC owes his entire life to everyone, even the villains in his story, so he would definitely choose saving someone else at his own expense. If he loses someone, no matter how important or unimportant they are to him, he loses a piece of himself.

Rachel Anne Wallace I guess that would depend on the situation and the people involved. If I were going to sacrifice myself it would be for someone I was sure would survive. Otherwise, giving my life would have been meaningless.If it involved more than one person I ... See More

would surely choose the one I had the greatest feelings for (regardless of gender).

HybaIsWriting

☀️ Hey, scifi lovers! I've just started releasing my solarpunk murder mystery, Murder in Heliopolis. ☀️ Here's a blurb:

A murder, a disappearance, and a seemingly infallible AI… In the sprawling and sun-drenched eco-city of Heliopolis, under the watchful eye of PATET, successful businesswoman Cassia Grove is murdered in her home. Detective Laith is put on the case, but right from the start there are layers upon layers, mystery behind mystery, and nobody is who they seem…

If it sounds like something you'd like to check out, give it a read! I have a lot to learn about the scifi genre, but I hope you enjoy it.

Here's a Q for you: What do you guys think of solarpunk as an aesthetic or subgenre?

HybaIsWriting

Calling all sci-fi aficionados! What is your favourite sci-fi sub-genre, and why?

HybaIsWriting For my part, I wasn't a bit fan of reading sci-fi until I started writing sci-fi! Currently, I've got a solarpunk murder mystery coming out Mar 19, and solarpunk is definitely a neat sub-genre to explore because it's so much about living sustainably ... See More

and ethically. Cyberpunk is also pretty awesome - love getting into the dark side of tech.

Rachel Anne Wallace Looking at solarpunk art leaves me with the impression most artists don't understand the basic concepts of ecology when it comes to providing support for a large diversity of life forms. What would happen if humans went to a new planet with life ... See More

forms and tried to live in harmony without what is there? They are in effect the 'alien' life form. That would be interesting.

HybaIsWriting @hardwonwoman I agree that sometimes the solarpunk aesthetic (visually) can be a bit off-mark, and in some ways is very distinct from the theme/ideology of solarpunk. I myself got introduced to solarpunk via art, and from there got to know more about ... See More

what the movement was actually about. The idea of humans as aliens is intriguing! It sort of makes you think about the whole "aliens trying to cultivate Earth" storyline that is so popular in a completely different light!

Rachel Anne Wallace It seems odd to me it's not a theme that gets explored more often. Humans, even as individuals are, ecosystems unto themselves. Any gut bacteria, fungal spores, or virus particles introduced to a planet have the potential for impact; especially if ... See More

some form of life is already present. Maybe its a problem for authors to create tension in a story that deals with this topic unless you bring in an antagonist that simply doesn't agree with the protagonist immediately to set the plot off in the right direction.

HybaIsWriting @hardwonwoman It might also have something to do with the humans-being-evil factor that would arise from such a theme? I think what's pretty neat is that it can also take on various other themes and tones. For example, it raises interesting questions ... See More

about colonialism and expansion, especially if we're talking about alien life forms that are sentient and intelligent. I think it certainly lends itself to a great deal of tension if well-executed. In fact, I think it might even be really cool to lead readers on the wrong path (as in, no antagonist to 'resist' human expansion to alien worlds) only to realize later on down the line that the humans were the antagonists all along. Might be an interesting way of turning the traditional story format around.

Rachel Anne Wallace Agreed.

Deleted User Everybody gets too hung up on genres and sub-genres these days! Why not just write, and write it to the highest standard. Sci-Fi's a good example of over-genrefication! When I write sci-fi, like The Arrival, Sci-Fi's only one of the themes, the genres, so why waste time fretting over it?! WRITE!

Rachel Anne Wallace I don't pay much attention to labels. I apply them in general terms so readers have some sense of the story. My stories cover quite a range so elements of science, romance, and thriller are found if they fit the plot. Often, my plot unfolds slowly ... See More

and it takes time for plot details to develop. It seems as if most readers expect action as if they were reading a comic book rather than a longer work where themes, characters, and details appear in later chapters. Worldbuilding is fun, as is developing alien life forms that make sense given the laws of physics, and chemistry.

Deleted User

Last post 11 days ago? Is this site dead for people outside of Erotica? All the most popular/trending books seem to be in those categories.

Deleted User The answer is yes, dead as a doornail.

Rachel Anne Wallace Probably. The first story I posted was Sci-fi and no one even looked at it despite my indicating it was available for review. I removed it from the site after five months. No hard/soft sci-fi fans here. If you want to throw a wizard, dragon, or werewolf into the mix someone might go for it.

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