Some of you may be familiar with my book
Verdant Skies, in which the orbiting city-satellite Verdant must deal with a potential crush of refugees when the Yellowstone Caldera blows. I'm considering adding something to the book, but not a direct change to the narrative. I'm curious as to anyone's thoughts.
The existing story makes occasional reference to a show called
Brane Boy,
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a popular entertainment program about a boy who, with his friends, used a pseudo-scientific device of his own making to travel to different realities, or “branes,” where they experienced incredible adventures every episode.
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No, I'm not immediately thinking about penning a few
Brane Boy stories! What I am thinking about is creating a few "quotes," ostensibly from the program, to be inserted at the beginning of each chapter of
Verdant Skies as a "foreshadowing quote" (meaning the substance of the quote hints at or is similar to something that will happen in that chapter).
It would be a very minor revision, but it might add an interesting new dimension to the story, and heighten the illusion that
Brane Boy is the
Star Trek of their future culture, as familiar to them as the phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" is to us. It could also be added to the sequel,
Verdant Pioneers, as well as any future books.
So: Does it sound like it would be worth the trouble? Would it add to the books? Detract from them? Let's discuss.
