The universe brings me a gift. I share it.

[elfs]

At first, I thought to keep this secret to myself, a treasure trove to mine for ideas and scenes, dialogue and snippets. That is, after all, one of the things that writers do. We hope that what we find is fresh and interesting (I winced this morning when I read Iain Banks in The Algebraist quote the whole "interesting times" quote).

But I can't. The webcomic A Miracle of Science is too good, Benjamin is too cool, Caprice is too wonderful to not share. Read each page carefully: there are little jokes scattered about this graphic novel that are absolutely hilarious. The themes and ideas of Caprice's post-humanism are so well handled I'm in awe.

I could (and should) also advocate for Jett's Frakkin' Toasters, but it has a built-in base of Battlestar Galactica fans. I think Frakkin' Toasters is funny and sometimes hilarious ("Awwwwww!!!!"), but it has over 500 external sites linking to it.

Miracle of Science has less than 40. It deserves more. A lot more. Give it your attention. Hate me when you realize it's not finished and it's currently waiting on a cliff hanger. Send them encouraging noises. Experience SRMD for yourself.

[Edit: Oh dear, I hope I didn't create my own slashdot effect on their poor server. In any event, seem to be back up as of 1:30 PM PST.]

Comments

[max-kaneru.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing. Had forgotten how much fun comics can be.

[solarbird]

I was the first person on livejournal to list either "science related memetic disorder" or "srmd" as an interest when I found AMoS several months ago. I love it very very much. ^_^ (There are still only two of us listing it!)

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

Ha!
I'm gonna add it now!

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

Er, hi. You probably don't know who I am. I'm just another MoS fan. :)

[solarbird]

Yay!

You DO know about Belfry, right?

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Elf;

Please tell me you know about The Belfry WebComics Index (http://www.belfry.com/comics/). Yes, as with all repositories of sugary internet goodness, it can be a massive time sink. Considerable caution is advised.

However... They've implemented a very nice correlation feature: "People who read X also tend to read Y..." kind of thing. It's quite useful. The 'Readers Favorites' section is also quite fun.

I've been reading A Miracle of Science for some time now. I cannot tell you the depths of sadness I felt when I read that Mars had searched for life similar to itself and found nothing. That simple little detail... so poignant.

Okay, last thing. I loved Caprice's expression when she's having the conversation (about Benjamin) with the Martian Detector on Venus. So cute!

Bryan.

LIVEJOURNAL CAN EAT MY SHORTS.

[(Anonymous)]

Argh.

I had that URL properly encoded, it looked fine in preview, and it gets mangled when I hit "post".

That's it. I'm going to bed. Wake me when the Pendorian Embassy opens here on Earth and I can apply to emigrate. Or perhaps AMoS's Mars -- I could be happy there, too. But I've just about had it with Earth.

Bryan.

Re: You DO know about Belfry, right?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Oh, my, Belfry's "If you liked X you'll like Y" feature is a horrible timesink. And Caprice sometimes bites her nails! Can't Mars do anything about that? (Probably only if Caprice wants it to.)

[alienor77310.livejournal.com]

It seems you slashdotted "A Miracle of Science". I was happily browsing through the story when I got a message saying the site had been suspended for excessive disk use.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Me? Responsible for a slashdotting? I hope they get back up and running soon. I might even throw a couple of bucks their way if they've got a donation button somewhere...

[solarbird]

Nah, they just got over disk quota, and fixed it a couple of hours later, once they noticed.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

MoS appears to have come back up.

[elgatocurioso.livejournal.com]

Yep, I was 3/4 of the way through reading the MoS archives myself when it suddenly rolled over belly-up. Thanks for the great link!

[velvet-wood.livejournal.com]

I'd love to, but the site seems to be down...is there a mirror anywhere?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

No, but it's back up now.

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

There has to be a better word than "hate" for this sort of situation.

Thanks to you, I found a new comic, I liked it, and I spent several hours reading up on. And since it's in progress, I was able to read lots of it all at once.

And then I hit present-day. And... there isn't any more till Monday.

So, yeah. I hate it when that happens.

On the other hand - now I have one more comic to read ;)

Thanks!

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been reading that for a while now - there is an RSS feed I have subbed on LJ: miracle_science

It is a very entertaining comic with some interesting ideas. The hive mind of Mars kind of creeps me out, but that's mainly because I don't like the thought of my thoughts being shared some of the time. At the same time I think Caprice is hot. ;-)

[halloranelder.livejournal.com]

I have just finished reading through the archives of Miracle of Science. Thank you. It's now been added to by daily comic check up.