The New Weird

It was hard to really grasp what this topic was supposed to mean. Especially with the readings and the movie. I took a look at TiMER and then listened to the first few episodes of the Hitchhikers radio drama. Both things were quite different and all I can really surmise is that 'The New Weird' means just that. Science fiction that is just a very weird concept. For the most part TiMER was quite realistic except for the one exception of the device the movie is named after. A small little thing the TiMERs were and yet they changed the way humans interacted with each other so much. The process was such a simple thing in the world of TiMER and very cost effective as well. It seems to me that a lot of the better sci-fi out there poses very strong "what if?" questions. TiMER's question was, "What if by having a simple device implanted onto your wrist you could be guaranteed to meet your soulmate?" What was effective about TiMER was that it looked into both sides of the idea. It showed you that yes it was very accurate and those who used it ended up happy, but it also showed you how it could put unnecessary hassles on your life and make living a little less exciting and unpredictable.