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If you liked this list, you may also find the Turkey City Lexicon interesting: https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/ h

If you liked this list, you may also find the Turkey City Lexicon interesting: https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/ https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer... It's also aimed directly at aspiring science fiction writers, but it's been referenced enough times on Charles Stross's blog (and other SF venues) that some of its terms have entered my vocabulary and that of other SF readers I know. EDIT: this list does contain the story type lifefeed mentions in a sibling content. - Adam and Eve Story Nauseatingly common subset of the “Shaggy God Story” in which a terrible apocalypse, spaceship crash, etc., leaves two survivors, man and woman, who turn out to be Adam and Eve, parents of the human race!!

sdenton4 3y ago
Neal Stevenson got away with this by getting rid of Adam and adding six additional Eve's.
- fknorangesite 3y ago
  He also got away with it by not making it a sudden twist at the end; it was never a surprise - it's the title of the book.
  - readthenotes1 3y ago
    I was left in suspense how seven eyes fit in until I reread the title after reading the book...
rikroots 3y ago
That second introduction to the TC Lexicon describes - exactly! - the process used in a poetry workshop I attended back in the late 80s[1]. The outcome of each session was also the same, drowning our sorrows in a nearby pub after the meeting, but also forming some strong and long-lasting bonds with our fellow masochists. I'd say I learned 80% of what I know about writing poetry from that workshop, and un-learned 100% of what I thought I knew before I started. [1] Poetry in the Making, led by Laurie Smith at the City Lit - the critique was brutal, but worth it in the end! https://www.citylit.ac.uk/ https://www.citylit.ac.uk/
slyall 3y ago
I have the old (1975) book "Writing And Selling Science Fiction" by Science Fiction Writers of America (ie various). https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1739693 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1739693 and it has lots of good advice. Pretty sure it has the Adam and Eve Trope.

sdenton4 3y ago

Neal Stevenson got away with this by getting rid of Adam and adding six additional Eve's.

fknorangesite 3y ago
He also got away with it by not making it a sudden twist at the end; it was never a surprise - it's the title of the book.
- readthenotes1 3y ago
  I was left in suspense how seven eyes fit in until I reread the title after reading the book...

rikroots 3y ago

That second introduction to the TC Lexicon describes - exactly! - the process used in a poetry workshop I attended back in the late 80s[1]. The outcome of each session was also the same, drowning our sorrows in a nearby pub after the meeting, but also forming some strong and long-lasting bonds with our fellow masochists. I'd say I learned 80% of what I know about writing poetry from that workshop, and un-learned 100% of what I thought I knew before I started. [1] Poetry in the Making, led by Laurie Smith at the City Lit - the critique was brutal, but worth it in the end! https://www.citylit.ac.uk/ https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

slyall 3y ago

I have the old (1975) book "Writing And Selling Science Fiction" by Science Fiction Writers of America (ie various). https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1739693 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1739693 and it has lots of good advice. Pretty sure it has the Adam and Eve Trope.