Archive: Story Experiences

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
Reader, suppose you were an idiot...
Experience: Superiority
Narrative Technology: Insinuation
"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
I'm not one for tall, swaggering generals...
Experience: Superiority
Narrative Technology: Insinuation
"I'm not one for tall, swaggering generals who comb their hair and shave. I'm for short, bow-legged generals, who don't turn and run."
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
Tom Jones
Experience: Sober Uplift
Narrative Technology: Almighty Heart + Satiric Narration
"It is impossible to conceive a more tender or moving scene than the meeting between the uncle and nephew" combined with "Jones went up to Blifil's room, whom he found in a situation which moved his pity, though it would have raised a less amiable passion in many beholders"
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
New Atlantis
Experience: Skepticism
Narrative Technology: Vigilance Trigger
"sleuths rivaled biblical miracles, using the new logic to cure leprosy, recycle wastewater into delicious new wines, and create tele-visual illusions that dazzled the eye. Into this fictional story, Bacon then craftily slipped the technology of the vigilance trigger, inducing the brains of his readers to question the old truths and seek fresh ones themselves" 108)
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025