Comments on: New Horizons

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:48:06 +0000

I’ve read a Sci-Fic like this, the society inevitably mutated and the humans (de)evolved into two different species aboard the ship before it could even reach the halfway point several thousand years after the journey’s start. That “advanced humans with FTL” item came in at the end of the story.

Good Luck.

By: chris y

chris y — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:15:20 +0000

Have a read of this little masterpiece during the planning stage.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:56:27 +0000

I’ll liked it better when it was Battlestar Galactica.

By: astromcnaught

astromcnaught — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:05:20 +0000

Nice one Jason. It was a fun contest, and I’m delighted to get the bronze amongst so many super suggestions.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:45:03 +0000

Thanks K.Pittman, I can’t remember the name of that series that I watched when I was a kid : it’s Starlost! Even as a kid, I thought it sucked though I remember that scene when the heroes talked to a hologram of the dead captain … who suddenly realized that in reality he is dead, was quite poignant.

Anyway, congrats Jason. Although personally, I am not sure how one can actually “explore” empty space between stars. The “generation ship” idea is a hard one to make interesting. My own favourite idea about “humans facing long term stress” has always been about how astronomers discovered a brown dwarf about to past by our Sun in a thousand years….and completely destabilize the orbits of the planets. I always wondered how humans would react to a thousand year crisis, instead of the standard “asteroid impact” instant-doom scenarios.

By: K.Pittman

K.Pittman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:09:20 +0000

Nice idea, but I have two words for you : The Starlost. Also: Remember that Harlan Ellison is...really into suing people sometimes.

By: Jason Dick

Jason Dick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:01:13 +0000

Thanks everybody! Still a bit surprised that I won!

By: helvio

helvio — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:19:15 +0000

No, that’s just Battlestar Gallactica, only with way more seasons!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:09:09 +0000

Battlestar Galactica meets Firefly meets Earth 2. Sounds like it could be good.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:06:42 +0000

Or apes! Apes that evolved from men! Genius.

By: I.P. Freeley

I.P. Freeley — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:03:10 +0000

This show could have a great grand finale when they reach the target planet only to find it populated by even more advanced humans who developed relativistic speed travel and passed them en rout!

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Sean, sorry about the off-topic comment, but you really should see this poignant and thought-provoking essay about the late David Foster Wallace (subject of a post of yours some months ago).

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:17:14 +0000

What’s the losers’ line again? Oh, right:

“Really, it was an honor to be nominated among such an outstanding group.”

Congrats, Jason.

By: James Nightshade

James Nightshade — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:53 +0000

Sounds like Wagon Train, but in a science fiction setting.

By: Low Math, Meekly Interacting

Low Math, Meekly Interacting — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:43:55 +0000

Congrats! You were my close second choice, and would have been first had I been less prone to puerility and prurience.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:37:14 +0000

Congratulations Jason. Now get to work on that 2 hour pilot. Maybe the opening scene is a bay door opens on the ship and a naked body emerges into empty space. A silent scream and then he/she dies within seconds…..

murder? suicide? mercy killing? resources running low and somebody needs to die for the good of all?

Anyway good work.