An extended introduction

I have been toying with the idea of penning down a coherent story with a plausible science fiction plot, for my literary and cinematic inspirations have predominantly been those who delve in this genre; be it Asimov, Douglas Adams, Tarkovsky, Andrew Niccol, Kubrick or Duncan Jones. I have also been wanting to dream up a plot where, through the use of many staples of this genre, I could explore themes of human imperfection, ethical issues of scientific advancement, and the paradoxes that might crop up in a fictional near-future due to the clash of morality and human curiosity.

In this hope, and after having seen the superlative ‘The Truman Show’ for the tenth time, I sat down and started writing what was intended to be short story, but has turned out to be an episodic novella of sorts. A long story or a short novel is how I would describe this currently incomplete work. Infact it is so incomplete that I’m stil in two minds whether or not to go on with my new, crazy style of writing wherein I have given up on literary adornment and ‘grandiloquence’, as one of my friends puts it (you better be reading this!). In return, I have started writing longer and faster and more spontaneously than ever before, the end result being that my writing is less voluminous and more, shall we say, reader-friendly.

My next post will be the first chapter of this exciting new story titled ‘Stunted’. I want feedback from you guys to tell me whether it is any worthy of being continued, for I am yet to write all of it. Make them as acerbic and critical as you want to, but please be honest. Thanks in advance to my nearly non-existent readers, hope you like it. START FROM HERE