F3 Cycle 64: Bit by Bit

Posted by Thomas Pluck on January 20, 2012 Leave a comment (15) Go to comments

I will confess right now that I am one gigantic nerd. Now that geeks and nerds are mainstream, and I hear office workers talk about Dr. Who and going to ComicCon … I’m not alone. Computers are everywhere, when they were once the province of nerds. And I adore how Hollywood portrayed computers before everyone had one. Sentient, near omniscient. Yearning to be human.

So your challenge is to use a computer as a character in your story. It can be a robot, but I’m thinking something bigger, like HAL. Or maybe your iPhone achieves sapience, and Siri falls in love with you and ruins your dates so she alone can feel your greasy fingertips on her slick screen. Have at it!

Cue: A computer as a character
Genre: Science Fiction (feel free to mix genres)
Word Limit: 1500
Deadline: Wednesday Jan. 27th 9:00PM EST

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Ingrid K V Hardy

Intriguing….

Ingrid Hardy

Oh, and Dr Who rules, by the way… (big Tennant fan here)

Zelda

Okay, you asked for it and I did it! Now, how do I submit my tawdry tale? Do I type it into this comment box, or what?
Zelda

Here’s a link to my computer kink: http://z-to-u.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-computer-my-love-i-have-long.html
http://profiles.google.com/jinjokage Charles Singletary

I’m baaaaaaack! Haven’t participated since NaNoWriMo but I’m finally getting back into it! Woot!
http://iuchiatesoro.wordpress.com/ Tony Lane

Mine is way under the word limit, but hopefully it works. http://iuchiatesoro.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/employment-terminated/
Michael

http://innocentsaccidentshints.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-friday-what-man-does.html

http://iuchiatesoro.wordpress.com/ Tony Lane

I enjoyed this one. The line about 0.24 had me instantly thinking about fuzzy logic and quantum computing. I have an urge to write a story about Fred the cubit now.

Susan Blake

Here is my story for this week.

http://stories-by-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-friday-conscious.html
http://www.pluckyoutoo.com Thomas Pluck

I went a few words over, I’ll likely edit it down tonight if I have time…

http://www.pluckyoutoo.com/p/reality.html

Zelda

Very entertaining! My favorite line is this profoundity:

“If you don’t talk, people think you’re listening.”

Ingrid K V Hardy

I went a bit over, alot could easily be chopped, but not sure I’ll get the chance before time’s up… (I’m admittedly having trouble with my writing these days.)

“The Dark Matter” http://www.rabidhorse.com/artblog
http://rayyanek.wordpress.com/ Ray Yanek

Last minute story, last minute entry…but I really wanted to get back and invovled.

“A Friend in Digital” http://wp.me/p1hyjS-2B
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http://cmstewartwrite.wordpress.com/ CMStewart

Well under and just in time: http://cmstewartwrite.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/im-sentient-my-android-says-so/

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