thinbluemime wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:07 -0400, neopath <neopath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On May 5, 4:31 pm, Tim Weaver <tmw99...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> What is it?
>>> __________________________________________________________________
>>> | |
>>> | |
>>> | |
>>> | SPECULATIVE FICTION |
>>> | ( fiction set in a reality |
>>> | / that does not exist ) |
>>> | / \ |
>>> | / \ |
>>> | FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION |
>>> | ( fiction which ( Fiction based on a |
>>> | cannot occur ) projection of current |
>>> | | \___________ knowledge which is |
>>> | | | legitimately defensible ) |
>>> | CLASSIC FANTASY | / \ |
>>> | ( elves, magic, wizards, | / \ |
>>> | "Social Security" ) | SOFT SF HARD SF |
>>> | Emphasis on mythic | ( one or more ( Based on |
>>> | archetypes and quests | presumptions; stuff we know |
>>> | ________| ESP, FTL, we'll be able |
>>> | | or one major to build ) |
>>> | SCI-FI departure Emphasis on |
>>> | ---- ( Fantasy from known checkable math, |
>>> | / with reality. ) logic, and info; |
>>> | SKIFFY SF props Emphasis on characters think |
>>> | ( largely substituted human reaction. and solve. |
>>> | excrement ) for "magic.") and action. | |
>>> | | | | | |
>>> | | |
+------------------------------------------
>>> | | | --------------+ | SPACE OPERA --- can
>>> | | | be SkiFfy to Sci-Fi to Hard SF | |
>>> | | |
+------------------------------------------
>>> | | | --------------+ |
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ --
>>> Tim Weaver
>>>
>>> "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -
massive,
>>> difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
>>> mind- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
>>>
>>> - Gene Spafford, 1992
>>
>> It's a TV show. Oh and you puked on your post. I think.
>
> Damn! I wanna flow chart my posts too. What super neato software did you
> use to create this? (please don't tell me notepad)
I forgot to mention there are plenty of ASCII art software and online java
apps that will do this sort of thing. Figlet was my favorite, but it
won't
run under Vista. Don't know about XP. I haven't done ASCII art in quite
a
while.
--
Tim Weaver
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
- Gene Spafford, 1992
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