In the late 2040s, timesplashing has become a huge, global youth culture. The heroes of the scene are the ‘bricks’ who travel back in time to create paradoxes that flow through to the present as cool, trippy causality dysfunctions. Great if you’re out of your head on party drugs and dancing to deafening splashmusik.
Everyone in the scene has a tag – a nickname derived from late 20th Century pop culture. The two main characters in the book are Luke (after Luke Skywalker) and Patty (after Patty Hearst). Some of the bricks have names like T-800, Hal and Flash. The names come from all over – comic books, films, media and political personalities, novels, pop songs, you name it.
But where did my uber-baddie, Sniper, get his name?
You’ve got two weeks to work it out, take a guess, or make it up. Put your answer in the comments below, or, if you’re shy, send it to me through the contact form, also below (you need to enter your name and email address, then type into the comments box). If no-one gets the right answer, the prize goes to the funniest or most original. If no-one is the least bit funny or original, I suppose I’ll just pick someone at random – but I’ll be very disappointed in you all.
The deadline is 30th June 2010 at 5pm my time (and remember, I’m in Australia, on the Eastern seaboard.) I’ll announce the winner on 1st July.
The prize is a copy of my novel TimeSplash in a pack of 7, DRM-free ebook formats. including EPUB, MOBI (Kindle) and PDF. If you already have a copy, why not win one for a friend – what’s to lose? If no-one enters, I will just keep it for myself. So tell all your friends, relatives, enemies, and business associates. This is the first ever competition to offer a free copy of TimeSplash, so you might become the first person ever to win one. The winner also gets a signed personal message from the author – that’s me – to print frame and mount. It just doesn’t get better than that! (Alright, you don’t have to have the personal message if you don’t want it. I’m just throwing out ideas here.)
I’m looking forward to your suggestions – however far-fetched.
Good luck!