tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post9197955153657292202..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: Contact, by Tracie McBrideTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-60119909000927020352011-06-11T01:07:52.169+12:002011-06-11T01:07:52.169+12:00Aw shucks *blushes*Aw shucks *blushes*broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-63885833721080787072011-06-10T21:28:54.045+12:002011-06-10T21:28:54.045+12:00Thanks, Claire! I'm editing an speculative poe...Thanks, Claire! I'm editing an speculative poetry antho at the moment (SF, fantasy, horror etc poetry), but it's only open to to Australians and New Zealanders - if I ever get to edit an open one, I would love the chance to see a submission from you, because I'm sure it would be good!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-62286280946956616592011-06-10T20:32:29.645+12:002011-06-10T20:32:29.645+12:00LOVE this poem! Thanks for sharing it Tim.
I love ...LOVE this poem! Thanks for sharing it Tim.<br />I love sci fi and I love poetry but find it difficult to merge the two - this is a great example of how well it can work!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-19759585855852420582011-06-02T23:41:15.639+12:002011-06-02T23:41:15.639+12:00Thanks, Tracie and Helen!
Tracie, following up y...Thanks, Tracie and Helen! <br /><br />Tracie, following up your comment on what people might actually think about sex with aliens, have you ever read "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" by James Tiptree Jnr, which anatomises exactly that topic? It's a wonderful story - but not a pleasant one.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-34075577821747537812011-06-02T21:54:38.319+12:002011-06-02T21:54:38.319+12:00To answer Piokiwi (or perhaps, to dodge answering ...To answer Piokiwi (or perhaps, to dodge answering Piokiwi)... it could be. One of the inspirations for this poem was all those old B grade sci fi movies where the human heroine is the object of lust for some disgusting tentacled alien creature. I always thought it unlikely that the alien would be sexually interested in humans. It would probably find us just as repulsive as we would find it. The other inspiration was the people who have a fetish for sex with aliens. I reckon that if they ever encountered a real extraterrestrial, they might just change their minds.littlevoicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10428905874766068752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-88885445803917827482011-06-02T21:22:05.738+12:002011-06-02T21:22:05.738+12:00I think this is my fav poem in Voyagers. I recall ...I think this is my fav poem in Voyagers. I recall reading it out at one of the Voyagers readings we did somewhere or other. It gets a good laugh of recognition at the end. Thanks for sharing it again!Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-84652369786660936552011-06-01T22:27:22.538+12:002011-06-01T22:27:22.538+12:00Nice to hear from you, Isabel - and it reminds me ...Nice to hear from you, Isabel - and it reminds me that it has been far too long since I visited your blogs...<br /><br />My captcha below this comment is "wartro", which sounds like something that, having been raised up on its hind legs and equipped with an iron helmet by the sorceries (and, indeed, the foundries) of an evil but industrious wizard, would wield a swordide with indiscriminate brutality. It wouldn't happen in a well-regulated society.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-88161985393867008232011-06-01T18:33:52.229+12:002011-06-01T18:33:52.229+12:00great fun Tim!
(ooh look I can comment! thank yo...great fun Tim!<br /><br />(ooh look I can comment! thank you kind blogger-gods)<br /><br />the word below seems something that should be used by you speculative writers: swordideIsabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-48726697175750446872011-05-31T23:19:38.108+12:002011-05-31T23:19:38.108+12:00Thanks, Renee and AJ!
Renee, I might see if I can...Thanks, Renee and AJ!<br /><br />Renee, I might see if I can prevail on the poet to answer your query - but perhaps I should check first that you are capable of regenerating those tentacles, just in case she says the alien isn't a teenager...Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-22431527542703927622011-05-31T22:11:54.711+12:002011-05-31T22:11:54.711+12:00I've always loved this one of Tracie's - g...I've always loved this one of Tracie's - great choice:)AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-20271657426868224082011-05-31T09:25:41.578+12:002011-05-31T09:25:41.578+12:00There's a lot of mental giggling which goes wi...There's a lot of mental giggling which goes with this poem. If you want to read deeply into it (not that I do - it's hilarious as it is) - you could see it as a commentary on the shallowness of how some people pick partners. I'm ready to bet two of my antennae that this is a teenage alien speaking.Piokiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093612075587719561noreply@blogger.com