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    Co-creation
    Co-creation
    Co-creation
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    Co-creation

    By Judy Backhouse

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    Can we understand the creative struggles of a species on a scale vastly different to our own? This story recounts the plight of one, Ethar, whose attempts at creation resulted in disaster. Told in a conversation between her brother and another creature, a tiny creature, that has had to slow down to align their timeframes, it is a tale of sadness and loss, misunderstandings and learning, mystery and discovery. Set in the Solar System, in a tiny corner of the Milky Way, it explores the feelings and experiences of very large and very small sentient beings. 

     

    This short story was first published in the anthology Sentient Space by 4 Horsemen Publications.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJudy Backhouse
    Release dateJul 1, 2023
    ISBN9789893347195
    Co-creation
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    Judy Backhouse

    Judy Backhouse writes optimistic science fiction to explore better futures for humankind and planet Earth. Before we can bring about better futures they have to be imagined, to enter the domain of the possible. Stories are a way to adjust the possibility horizon, expand our minds. Judy is retired from a long career in which she designed and built information systems and researched electronic governance at the United Nations University. Having earnestly pursued truth and explored the limits of evidence-based knowledge, she now (in the words of the immortal Le Guin) makes stuff up.

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