YOUYOU - Celebration of Phrase
I was thinking about memes and how the term has been watered down from being an idea/concept that spreads through a culture and turned into a personal disclosure that spreads through social networks. (We used to call these "fads", but hey, things change.) It seems that the the term "meme" is being used more as "me! me!". Thus, today I introduce a youyou. (Not to confused with the toy (or owl) yo-yo... or the new personal pronoun (pluralized through repetition))
But I digress.
The point here is that there is considerable discussion and sharing of good quotes from movies and television programs. Every year, we seem to get inundated with "the best movies of [past year]", "the top [number] movies/shows of [year range]" etc etc etc. It makes one wonder where all the books went. Thus, I present this:
YOUYOU: In no less than a sentence and no more than two paragraphs, share brilliant turns of phrase and/or insights from writings of Speculative Fiction. (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mythic Fiction, etc are all also acceptable.) These should be passages that moved you, either intellectually or emotionally... the words that resonated as you read the story and stuck in your brain for days after. They should NOT spoil the story. To start, I will share a few with you all, and if you all share with me, we'll have a nice youyou going on.
( Some examples )
But I digress.
The point here is that there is considerable discussion and sharing of good quotes from movies and television programs. Every year, we seem to get inundated with "the best movies of [past year]", "the top [number] movies/shows of [year range]" etc etc etc. It makes one wonder where all the books went. Thus, I present this:
YOUYOU: In no less than a sentence and no more than two paragraphs, share brilliant turns of phrase and/or insights from writings of Speculative Fiction. (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mythic Fiction, etc are all also acceptable.) These should be passages that moved you, either intellectually or emotionally... the words that resonated as you read the story and stuck in your brain for days after. They should NOT spoil the story. To start, I will share a few with you all, and if you all share with me, we'll have a nice youyou going on.
( Some examples )