Archive: Story Experiences

Lysistrata
Experience: Thinking "What If?"
Narrative Technology: Comic Wink
The play asks specators to consider it would be like if women ran the government while assuring them it's just a joke
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
The Frogs
Experience: Thinking "What If?"
Narrative Technology: Comic Wink
The play asks spectators to consider what would happen if we had more classic literature while assuring them it is just a joke
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
Gulliver's Travels
Experience: Suspended Judgment
Narrative Technology: Untrustworthy Narrator
Gulliver travels to strange lands and eventually develops a deep respect for the Houyhnhnms, advocating for the extermination of all humans (only to discover that he is a human and will therefore have to leave); when he returns home, he is disgusted by his wife and children.
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
The Left Hand of Darkness
Experience: Suspended Judgment
Narrative Technology: Double Alien
Genly Ai travels to Gethen and learns about their very different ways (making assumption after assumption and having to set them aside as he learns more). When he returns home, he is horrified by those of his own species but also repelled by the Gethens.
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
Experience: Superiority
Narrative Technology: Parody
The novel is a parody of Pamela: a mock romance.
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025