SF conventions--of another sort

[vilakins]

Someone on an SF mailing list directed me to an interesting post on james_nicoll's LJ.

If you could make one convention of modern SF go away, which one would you choose?

If you could add one, what would you add?

I commented there but I decided I'd like to know what you think. My picks are:

Get rid of the hackneyed civilisation where--gasp, how original!--women are oppressed. Even Farscape and Firefly have done it. Use some imagination already.

I want more alien aliens. How about furry aliens, or insectoid ones instead of the usual humanoids, and let's play with gender with a little more imagination. How about societies with several sexes, where you need more than two to procreate, or a hive society? Anything but clichéd old recycled human ones.

But you knew that. :-)

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

So tell me, do YOU get cold shivers

Shit, I just got one. :)

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

*cackles*

I get this odd urge to rub my wrists nervously, too....

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'm just remembering Emily's really scary Halloween costume. *shiver*

I am not writing AN/Farscape crossovers. I am not.

I still need to make an Uncle Moodri icon, though. Badly.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

I am not writing AN/Farscape crossovers. I am not.

But, but, the golden light that came out of that box Moodri had! AN could be an Unrealized Reality!

I still need to make an Uncle Moodri icon, though. Badly.

You DO! Or a Moodri-Stark icon "I *heart* crazy mystical alien ex-slaves"

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'd really, really like to have an animated one that says that and flips back and forth between them, but I have absolutely no idea how to make animated gifs. I don't even have a copy of photoshop.

And I need to see if that screencaping program I downloaded works, because apparently there are no pictures of Moodri to be found anywhere on the net. Which is terribly sad.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

If you send me the pics, I can do an animated one for you.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'll have to get a Moodri one first, but when I do, I'll come and find you. Thanks!