You mentioned rationalist fiction, and my mind immediately jumped to this—are you familiar with the graphic short story “Fleep”? Main character passes out, comes to in a phone booth encased in concrete, with a phonebook full of gibberish, a letter in his pocket he can’t read, a few coins and various sundries. From inside the booth he experiments and calculates, manages to work out where he is, who he is, what’s happened, and what to do next.
Ok. I just read another comic by the same author, Demon, about a (sociopathic) character who discovers that he can’t die (in an interesting way). It’s great! The protagonist does exactly the sort of experimentation I would do in his situation, and several charterers make plans that are authentically clever, and legitimately surprising.
You mentioned rationalist fiction, and my mind immediately jumped to this—are you familiar with the graphic short story “Fleep”? Main character passes out, comes to in a phone booth encased in concrete, with a phonebook full of gibberish, a letter in his pocket he can’t read, a few coins and various sundries. From inside the booth he experiments and calculates, manages to work out where he is, who he is, what’s happened, and what to do next.
Ok. I just read another comic by the same author, Demon, about a (sociopathic) character who discovers that he can’t die (in an interesting way). It’s great! The protagonist does exactly the sort of experimentation I would do in his situation, and several charterers make plans that are authentically clever, and legitimately surprising.
Highly recommended.
That was fantastic!