In the 28th century, the powers that be detect a sublight extrasolar vessel that's going to arrive in the Sol System in about a century. This sparks a huge debate. First, should the general public be told? Second, should they accept the possible occupants of the alien with open arms or assume the worst?
They decide to send a polite message-a sort of "hello, we know you're coming"-and hope for a reply. They get a reply and realize that these aliens are pilgrims in search of their gods. So, they decide to set up a separate colony for them where the people in power can at least keep an eye on them. However, the news sparks riots and worse among the general population and the powers that be have to crack down on this. Things go from bad to worse and the people in power have to destroy one or two existing colonies to make a point. When things calm down, the scrap from the destroyed colonies is used to make a new one, and the aliens are able to settle peacefully in the Sol System.
2006-07-20 06:49:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Good plot that could use some work - Maybe you could elaborate on the colony crackdown - reason for unrest etc. etc.
Possibly you could link the alien vessel to be searching for a beacon triangulating from Mayan pyramid, Egyptian pyramid and Atlantis pyramid - possibly under the south pole. Or maybe just one of these lost civilizations. Maybe the characters could be descendants of each civilization and some linkage between them and the aliens in route. - the mayan calendar has a major event occuring within the next decade - that could be your "When" instead of 800 years from now.
All kinds of things you can do with this. Have fun - work hard on the characters and their connections with the overall plot.
2006-07-20 07:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by jjttkbford 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Story ideas are a dime a dozen. Your idea is fine. The trick will be to flesh it out into a believable book. Not very many people can do this. Reduce some classic novels into a synopsis and some of them sound ridiculous. But the writer was so skilled at writing that they made it sound great.
2006-07-20 06:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, don't like it too much. What are you trying to say with your story? I guess since this is only one thread of the story, you could execute it well. One important issue would be: The humans seem very violent... is there some sort of change or do the aliens just except that they nearly got destroyed? Also the issue of God seems to be important, would you expand on that?
2006-07-20 06:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Existence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been done, but can be made into a good read.
My only question is this--
Why would people be freaking out in the 28th century? If earth hadn't been visited by aliens by then, wouldn't earth's space exploration have reached out to either visit other planets or determine that we are the only living beings? Delve into that or, maybe, change your dates.
Good luck!
2006-07-20 06:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Beth W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a good story. But this is the kind of story that will be successfull with the details and characters, not the base story itself. You will want to focus on the culture of the aliens and how it affects the culture of the humans.
2006-07-20 07:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is very interesting...Its verry unique but becarfull of boring the reader and to keep it original unusal, and different all the time.
2006-07-20 15:13:51 · answer #6 · answered by LLH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll have to be honest. It seems a bit cliche and not terribly interesting.
2006-07-20 06:54:02 · answer #7 · answered by Jim Trebek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT sounds vaguely familiar....
Strugatskys' "Hard to Be a God" perhaps? (although that doesn't seem right}
I don't know, it does sound familiar though...
2006-07-20 06:54:08 · answer #8 · answered by Blah Blah Blah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cl it is aws ya know
2006-07-20 06:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by loganlovesgod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋