Except for the alien bit, it sounds a bit like "The Incredible Mr. Ripley." There's no new Except for the alien bit, it sounds a bit like "The Incredible Mr. Ripley." There's no new idea, there's just new executions.
In the sci-fi story that made me think of myself as a writer: "Life sucks, and not just for you. If you stop trying to make it suck less, then you're just making it harder for the next guy." In the horror stories that I've started writing since: "There are things in the universe that want to hurt you, and they don't care what rules you think they'll play by. Not legally, not morally, not socially, and certainly not scientifically."
The main themes of my WIP are: -Youth and old age, and how the two stages effect each other. -The role memories play in shaping people's personalities -Love in hate and hate in love - especially related to family relationships. -Cycles of violence broken by civilized justice. I guess the main theme is about cycles of violence.
I often write about people who are afraid to love. They think they're too damaged, or too fragile, or have some other reason to avoid taking the leap of faith.
In my current WIP: Friendship enduring despite unfolding events Fate v cause and consequence The fine line between insanity and creativity
Someone said that there are 3 greatest central themes in literature - Love, Freedom and Death. When I think about it, my book actually does deal with this trio, but with an emphasize on the first two.
That's an interesting google search, which turns up a 20th Centry FrenchPhenomenology course: http://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/course/PHIL2059 and an album by John Cougar Mellencamp. It's also an interesting point - do you remember who said it? My book is decidedly focused on Freedom. (Phew! )
Hehe.. I can tell you that was the question on one of my Serbian language and literature tests from high school. It was something like "What are 3 universal themes mostly explored in literature?" or something like that. Mine is mostly on freedom as well - freedom from others and yourself, the slavery, the dominance. But also on love.
Probably the cyclical nature of history and the fact that the past impacts the future - and the need t0 make peace with the past as a necessity for moving forward. That goes through both of my current WIPs - to the point where a lot of readers ask me why my future premise has so many locations that are ancient and therefore impervious to the surrounding advancement.
I realized that the main two things I write about are family and war so that's ... cool? Hahah. One of my current projects is built around the idea that everyone is their own main character, the hero of their own story, and has revolving POVs to show how one main character's triumphant climax ruins another's life. The latter portion of it explores a character becoming his own villain as well. It's my favorite child. Don't tell the others.
Hi, Betrayal. I just pubbed The Stars Betrayed about a week or so ago - the one with the spaceship in my avatar - and though it's space opera and involves war etc - it's about betrayal. Everyone gets betrayed, starting with the hero, then with his lover who betrayed him, then with the alien who betrayed her. The entire interstellar war is based on betrayal, and perhaps worst of all getting those behind the war to end it, will require them to betray their own servants prosecuting the war. I often use a theme in a book. This one I really liked, because as well as showing the betrayals it shows the costs of them, both to the one betrayed and the one who betrayed them. It also goes looks at the need to forgive betrayals. Hopefully my readers will get as much of a kick out of unweaving the complex tangle of deceit, lies and betrayals, as I did writing it. Cheers, Greg.
