Guess I'll find out if it deserves the name Windy City

[bironic]

If a person were going to be in Chicago for the first time for, say, 6 hours and possibly a few evenings, in February, what might one do? Sears Tower? Field Museum? Pizza?

ETA: Also, if a person had basically the entirety of the English sci fi and fantasy literary canon at one's fingertips, what might one try next? Short stories and compilations are a personal favorite.

Comments

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that's really interesting - remember when I was writing the vamp sequel to your fic and you didn't like the way the backstory was exposited? That kind of explains a lot, possibly, as to the difference of opinion there.

[Although, I have to say in retrospect I think you were completely right regarding the fic - because I do regard fanfic as a separate genre of its own - and if I'd done it again I would want it fleshed out into a flashback *g*]

[bironic.livejournal.com]

That must be it -- Greg Egan skewed your brain. Or didn't skew mine in time. ...No, he must have skewed yours. *g*

In Egan's case, anyway, I appreciated the thought he'd put into it, and I didn't need him to spell it out for me. And yours, ya, good point -- I like when things that happened before the story are told in the beginning instead of in the middle, or in a prequel, like you say, or alternating sections or something. My ex-boyfriend told me all the past-perfect tense in a flashback took away from the drama in a Star Trek story I wrote in high school. I was kind of bitter about it for a little while, but soon enough I realized he was right, and now that sort of thing strikes me whenever it shows up in fic.

Blah blah blah preachcakes.