Basically the inspiration, such as it isn't, comes from reading Slacktivist's Left Behind deconstruction (I can't believe he's nearly finished the first book! Only, um, something like 12 to go! Heh) and Right Behind, where people have been re-writing the scenario and crossovers (there's a Lovecraft/LB crossover that's about to be published, um, scary) and just general stuff (some are good, some are truly weird, some are about as well written as the original. Out of all of them I think "Children of the Goats" is the best.)
One of the things that irritated me about the books[1] is the assumption that people would notice the missing adults in amongst the billions of missing children. Maybe in the Midwest where a large number of people fit into the authors excruciatingly narrow definition of Christianity, but in Australia where the majority of people don't? Indonesia? Europe? Africa? Anywhere outside of a narrow band of the US and a bit of Canada?
Anyway, so I just wondered how the scenario would play out in Melbourne. Then I wondered about actual numbers. Then I googled.
Now all I have to do is actually write something. Maybe.
[1]Yeah, I know, one of the things. Let's not get into the full list here, it's kind of long. When you start thinking "you know, Dan Brown wasn't that bad a writer compared to this..." there's a problem.
Of course, she says replying to her own comment, if I were to write a fanfic of the book it would go something along the lines of:
All children vanish. People are mildly disturbed for about half a page, then only slightly curious about how quickly the freeways can be cleaned up and the telephone system can be gotten back in order. But then the Romanian election results come out, and suddenly everyone's excited again! Then the UN announcement about a New World Leader and we're all happy and joyful because Everything Will Be Alright. And the telephones work.
Everyone except those pesky primary school teachers, who've apparently gone out on strike, along with several other sympathetic unions. Damn communists.
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Date: 2008-09-17 11:41 pm (UTC)Basically the inspiration, such as it isn't, comes from reading Slacktivist's Left Behind deconstruction (I can't believe he's nearly finished the first book! Only, um, something like 12 to go! Heh) and Right Behind, where people have been re-writing the scenario and crossovers (there's a Lovecraft/LB crossover that's about to be published, um, scary) and just general stuff (some are good, some are truly weird, some are about as well written as the original. Out of all of them I think "Children of the Goats" is the best.)
One of the things that irritated me about the books[1] is the assumption that people would notice the missing adults in amongst the billions of missing children. Maybe in the Midwest where a large number of people fit into the authors excruciatingly narrow definition of Christianity, but in Australia where the majority of people don't? Indonesia? Europe? Africa? Anywhere outside of a narrow band of the US and a bit of Canada?
Anyway, so I just wondered how the scenario would play out in Melbourne. Then I wondered about actual numbers. Then I googled.
Now all I have to do is actually write something. Maybe.
[1]Yeah, I know, one of the things. Let's not get into the full list here, it's kind of long. When you start thinking "you know, Dan Brown wasn't that bad a writer compared to this..." there's a problem.
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Date: 2008-09-18 06:14 am (UTC)All children vanish. People are mildly disturbed for about half a page, then only slightly curious about how quickly the freeways can be cleaned up and the telephone system can be gotten back in order. But then the Romanian election results come out, and suddenly everyone's excited again! Then the UN announcement about a New World Leader and we're all happy and joyful because Everything Will Be Alright. And the telephones work.
Everyone except those pesky primary school teachers, who've apparently gone out on strike, along with several other sympathetic unions. Damn communists.
;-)