links: DDR, fake internet deaths, fantasy

[baratron]

Random link OF DOOM: Dance Dance Immolation. DDR with real flamethrowers, aimed at you. Part of me is thinking this has to be a spoof, but apparently it'll be at this year's Burning Man festival.

I can't decide if my reaction is "Oh my God, I want to play this now!" or "I can't believe I live in a world with people who'd want to do this". Or perhaps it's both, at the same time.

From several sources, A Beginners Guide To Faking Your Death On The Internet. Video, with sound. Having been a victim of something like this recently, I laughed. A lot.

From but not by elynne, Worstest fantasy story EVAR!! (deliberately). As a parody of bad fiction, it's pretty damn funny.

rosefox recommended Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane, by Jonathon Sullivan. Amazing story that made me cry buckets. Recommended for everyone who loves atoms, perhaps especially poignant for Jews, I'm not sure. The best thing is it is a short story that is true science fiction because it's about science, yet it contains a strong fantastical element. I wish there were more fantasy books with real science in and more science fiction with fantastical bits. I eagerly welcome recommendations for more stories in this genre, whatever it's called. (Note that I get all tooth-grindy about BAD SCIENCE in fiction, while unexplained science/magic is okay.)

Comments

[kshandra]

DDI was on the playa last year, as well; I know a couple of the folks involved with the project.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I can't think of anything that you probably wouldn't have already read or heard of. The first things that come to mind are the Neil Stephenson "Baroque Cycle," books, which are very sciencey and also fiction. I don't know if they could be called fantastic. Probably more like adventuresome. But I imagine that you're aware of them already.

Um. Are math or computer science falling under science for the purpose of this discussion?

[johnckirk.livejournal.com]

As a vaguely related page to the "faking your own death" one, How to become an obnoxious internet cam whore in five easy steps. (Sorry if you were the one who gave me that link in the first place!)

Regarding books, have you read "The Hammer and the Cross"? It's a trilogy set in Viking times, and there are fantasy elements (the involvement of the Norse gods). At the same time, there's also a lot of real science in there, when the protagonist invents new siege weapons and the printing press.

[hatter.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I wonder if I can arrange to run into DDI when I almost cross paths with burning man.


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