need a science fiction plot?
Try the SF Plot Generator, courtesy Jocelyn Paine (link found from Dr. Dobb's Newsletter).
Here's three it gave me:
"Planet 9 of Alpha-Centauri is taken over by a time-travelling loony who returns to his youth and kills himself (I said he was a loony)."
"Earth falls toward the Sun and is visited by evil mutant brewers yeast cells who wish only to serve everyone (fried)."
"Mars is struck by a comet and is visited by evil robots who steal its reserves of asparagus soup and are stopped by a logician who can't remember the Paradox of the Liar and gets killed."
The third one has some legs.
Here's three it gave me:
"Planet 9 of Alpha-Centauri is taken over by a time-travelling loony who returns to his youth and kills himself (I said he was a loony)."
"Earth falls toward the Sun and is visited by evil mutant brewers yeast cells who wish only to serve everyone (fried)."
"Mars is struck by a comet and is visited by evil robots who steal its reserves of asparagus soup and are stopped by a logician who can't remember the Paradox of the Liar and gets killed."
The third one has some legs.