Reading Old Writing S1 E6 - Tel (2012) [+audio]
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This is a reading from my ~2012 draft, a medieval fantasy drama called The Sovereign of Tel.
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I don’t precisely remember when I wrote this (I’m reading from a backup draft that doesn’t have an origination date on it), but I know it was between NaNoWriMos, and I’m pretty sure it was after Airworld.
It began when I had a bleakly weird idea to see what a society looked like if it treated lower classes of people the same way we treat show dogs. (Suprisingly unpleasant, it turns out.) It seemed like the kind of idea you might see in an old 60s Star Trek or Twilight Zone episode.
The story didn’t turn out anything like I thought it would, and instead of a scathing societal commentary, over time it morphed into a fairly mundane kingdom management drama in the vein of a Game of Thrones. Probably for the best.
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