>"shared virus milieu for short story settings"? As a fiction writer, I
>find the idea intriguing? Could you please tell me what you mean? ;->
Examples include Thieves' World, Wild Cards and the Marvel Universe.
The idea is that we come up with a collaborative setting, e.g. near
future Earth where Virus becomes a mainstream religion, and some
guidelines so we don't step on each others' toes too much. Then we
write stories set in our milieu where each forms a different piece
of the mosaic. Usually each author has one or more main characters which
appear as supporting characters in other stories.
-- David McFadzean dbm@merak.com Memetic Engineer http://www.merak.com/~dbm/ Merak Projects Ltd.