Two Science Fiction Story Ideas
First idea: It's the far, far future. A
human civilization, confined to a medium-sized planetoid, is making a long, slow
trip from one side of the galaxy to the other. A small black whole is trapped in
the center of the planetoid and harnessed, providing an essentially infinite
supply of power and resources. They have been traveling for millennia when they
come to the conclusion that they may be lost. A conflict arises. The women want
to stop and ask directions. However, the men are hesitant, since they are
willing to trust their own sense of direction. A gender-based civil war ensues.
Eventually, the women seize control of the asteroid, and manage a small detour,
where they ask directions from a friendly alien species. They continue on, and
eventually the two sides reconcile. But centuries later, conflict arises again.
It seems that, when the women asked for directions, they didn't listen
carefully. According to the women, they were told to go to the third stellar
system and turn west in the galactic plane. But, in retrospect, it is unclear
whether these three systems include the system they were in when asking
directions, or whether they were supposed to travel three
additional
systems. The men are positively livid.
Second idea: While brushing
his teeth, a man finds himself transported to a parallel universe. This parallel
universe is precisely the same as ours, except that shirts have tags on the
inside front of collars, rather than the back.
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