PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The cavernous studio gleamed on bright screens across the planet. Accustomed to it now, I remember thinking the first broadcast was just like the transporter in the old Star Trek shows.
Every evening, we waited and watched our screens like partygoers used to watch for the Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve. At precisely 6:00pm, hosts Robin’s and Starla’s holographic images materialized to bring us the news – from Mars.
“Terraforming has reached thirty-three percent… Mining teams have discovered new deposits of iron…”
They looked so human. We depended on them to build us a new home.
[100 words]
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the encouraging host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Nice, unexpected ending!
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Thanks Paula :)
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Great twist, Jade
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Many thanks, Neil.
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Dear Lisa,
I remember when teleconferences were things we saw only on Star Trek. Who knows what the future holds. Beam me up, Scotty.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, I hear you!
Shalom,
Lisa
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That’s a great futuristic take. They do look a little stiff! Nice writing.
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Thank you and glad you enjoyed the tale :)
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I’m sure one day real life news readers will be a thing of the past, whether on Mars or Earth! Good story.
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I agree! Thank you, Iain.
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Human beings are becoming superfluous in most industries. Most holograms are nicer than most people, anyway. Who was that guy on election night who was up there sweating, going for hours with his map? He might have to be the John Henry of newspeople.
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I avoid watching the news whenever possible. I just learn about things from that stench that wafts my way from time to time. I love and agree with this: “Most holograms are nicer than most people, anyway.”
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I’ve been addicted to the news since just before the election. I’m not usually a news person, but things have been so bad and stressful that I just have to see what’s happening. Strangely, that cleared up on January 20th.
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How unique and interesting story
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Thanks Sadje!
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You’re welcome 😉
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It might come to this! Great story, Lisa.
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Thank you, Dora, yes it might!
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Maybe their news will be better than ours
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Hopefully they’re actually presenting the news and not propaganda. Mars is a long way away…
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Great crafting of a probable future!
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Thank you, Jolly :)
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Sometimes a hologram would be a welcome relief. Nicely done.
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Yes! Thank you.
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A great leap into the future – ScFi today but true tomorrow.
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Thank you, James.
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I hope it won’t come to that…(k)
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it’s sooner than we think. welcome to the new reality. :)
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:)
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Sounds familiar. Could be our house at 6:30. Ah..there’s Nora…..
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:)
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Wonderful writing. I love Sci-fi, so this was right up my alley. This could really be a story sometime in the near future. I would love to be on a different planet right now! lol
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Glad you enjoyed the story, and I sure wouldn’t mind about a year’s vaca away from the planet right now. If you hear of any good off-world deals, let me know ;)
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Bring it on I say! Nice one.
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I like your attitude, Keith. Thanks!
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Inventive take on the photo prompt! Liked it.
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Thank you!
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Clever take on the prompt, Lisa :)
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Thanks, Adele! :)
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You’re welcome, Lisa :)
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I love me some good sci-fi. Kind of opens up the mind to what seemed, in my childhood, impossible things. Remember Dick Tracy, the cartoon detective and his two-way wrist radio? No long fiction!
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Yes. I read somewhere, “if you can dream it you can do it.” I don’t if it’s true all of the time but enough to keep me in wonder. I can’t wait until there is a real holodeck :)
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Oh this is clever! What a concept. Well done
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Thanks much, Laurie.
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Oh, my, what a wonderful take on this prompt. I’m envious…wish I’d thought to go sci fi with it. Great story! Wonder what the Holographic reporters from Eridani Four (Vulcan) would say…
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lol :) Thanks Bear!
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Cool! What a fun story!
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Thanks, Anne!
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