17776

OR: WHAT FOOTBALL WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE

IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. BUT ARE INTRIGUED ENOUGH BY MY TONE TO WANT TO READ IT ALREADY. MOVE THAT WONDERFUL LITTLE MOUSE OF YOURS AROUND THIS DELIGHTFUL LITTLE "WEB PAGE" AND CLICK THE TITLE. THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE THIS STORY IS COMPLETELY BLIND.

READ ON FOR MILD SPOILERS.

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OK. ARE U READY ?

FANTASTIC.

17776 (ALSO KNOWN AS "WHAT FOOTBALL WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE") IS A MULTIMEDIA SPECULATIVE FICTION STORY WRITTEN BY JON BOIS. IT IS A POST-APOCALYPSE STORY, ALBEIT ABOUT A VERY UNCONVENTIONAL SORT OF APOCALYPSE. SET 15,000 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, IT CENTERS ON SENTIENT SATELLITES DRIFTING THROUGH SPACE TRILLIONS OF LIGHTYEARS AWAY FROM EARTH, LISTENING IN ON VAST, BIZARRE GAMES OF FOOTBALL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE SINGLE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER READ IT HAS REDUCED ME TO A SOBBING MESS OVER A SINGLE FUCKING LIGHTBULB!!!!!!

IT IS A CASE STUDY OF AN EARTH IN WHICH SCARCITY, DEATH, AND ILLNESS HAVE COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED, AND WHERE PROGRESS AND EFFICIENCY HAVE BECOME UTTERLY MEANINGLESS. IT FUCKED WITH MY HEAD CONSTANTLY BECAUSE ITS TAKE ON THE HUMAN RESPONSE TO ETERNITY IS SOO FUCKING MINDBENDING BUT SO SO DEEPLY FASCINATINGLY HUMAN.

IT'S A SILLY LITTLE STORY ABOUT HUMANS AS CREATURES OF PLAY. A SILLY LITTLE STORY ABOUT SPACE PROBES BURSTING WITH LOVE. IT'S GOOD.

GO READ IT. PLease