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This week's snippet is from a short story, 'Sporulators', more dystopian/scifi, than anything I've written to date.
This scene is Klars talking to Eastwold about the world they're approaching. DESA is short for Department of Ethical and Sustainable Agriculture. Eastwold speaks first.
This scene is Klars talking to Eastwold about the world they're approaching. DESA is short for Department of Ethical and Sustainable Agriculture. Eastwold speaks first.
Could be wonky punctuation to keep within the #wewriwa guidelines.
The last sentence last week was: "Oh, and the mycoparasitic fungi to…”"
The snippet:
“Stop, I have no need to know, nor do I care, Klars.” He spun around and faced forward while a persistent thought niggled at the back of his mind, that he should care about the shit DESA transported here.
Undeterred, Klars blabbered on. One fungus—the most incredible thing—wrapped a spiral of mycelium around that of an invading pathogenic fungus, after which it speared the cell wall. It was a Trichoderma—a green mold. Then—in layman’s terms for you—it sucked the life right out of the pathogen. Yes, the mycelium. You’d not know that either. It’s a network of fibrous strands of hyphae that gather nutrition. I guess a ship jockey might best understand it if I said they’re like roots on a green plant."
Yikes!! I imagine it could do much worse on this planet. They need to go there right now!
ReplyDeleteShowing off your scientific chops here, Teresa! I have no idea if this is just bafflegab, but the level of detail is appropriate for sci fi.
ReplyDeleteJust love the cleverness of this, wonder where the story is leading 😊
ReplyDeleteScience, b*tch! Great explanation for we no in the know but can't wait to find out.
ReplyDeleteI'm still with you, Teresa. Fantastic as the story moves on.
ReplyDeleteTeresa, I am in a pickle. A few moments aqo, I hit my name and it keeps showing MOVIES-over and over. When you have a moment, if possible to take a look. All that effort and not much to see. HELP!!
ReplyDeleteWe're good, dear girl. I just clicked your name on the linky and it took me to your post. Might be a cache issue on your computer. 😀 I'll send you an email later to explain what I mean and how to work around it. 😀 hugs...
DeleteI'm beginning to suspect what happened to the people!
ReplyDeleteI get the feeling he'd better start listening. Those fungi sound rather alarming.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy the way this guy blathers on and on and is condescending in his science while the pilot sits and thinks his thoughts. Good contrast between the two of them! I know whose side I'm on! Purely as an editorial comment to consider, there might be too much of a good thing on the page with the guy Klars and his science jargon. I could see it turning off readers (as Eastwold has done LOL) if it gets too dense, you know? When you're in editing phase maybe look at the whole and see if you can give the impression what a blowhard pontificating guy he is, without having to put in so much pseudo science...? Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteMy eyes glazed over at Klars' description of the fungi. Or maybe I was empathizing with the pilot. Poor guy. lol Still, that would be a terrible way to die.
ReplyDeleteKlars certainly is condescending. I kind of want to just punch him. Eastwold is apparently a better person than me. ;)
ReplyDeleteI was actually interested in what Klarrs was saying about this fungus sucking the life out of a pathogenic cell. That sounds kind of scary. What if it does that to any or all cells it finds, not just pathogens. Um..would that kill all life as we know it? I'm like the opposite of a science geek, so I may have it all wrong, but it sounds like scary s*%#t to me! Eastwold had better listen up for a change! Great snippet, Teresa!
ReplyDelete*pulls up carpet square* This is so cool, Teresa! It's entertaining AND educational! :D Keep up the awesome work!
ReplyDeleteI found this quite fascinating when I got to the bit about it sucking the life out of a pathogenic cell On the one hand it could be an amazing advance in medical science, on the other, it could be a death sentence for the human race - depending on which way your clever authorly mind is working! :)
ReplyDeleteThose fungi sound scary.
ReplyDeleteI see some potential here for bad things to happen.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a useful item on one hand. On the other, like Elaine, I see potential for things to go badly awry with this pathogen-sucking fungus.
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