Thursday, April 9, 2015

Name That Genre #17

TITLE: YA
GENRE: Secret

Sarah wrestled a radiation canopy over the dome’s Genesis terminal, the brim of her hat pulled low to protect her face from the sun's deadly rays. Outside, six more domes gleamed in the afternoon sun like giant bubbles rising out of the Earth. It was her favorite view of the Ark, her favorite place to try new programs, far away from her classmates' prying eyes.

“Are you really going to re-program our bangs?” Cassie asked as the radiation canopy clicked into place.

“Just watch me.” Sarah punched in her password, followed by several commands for new hairstyles. Luckily, she had anticipated Cassie’s request and had been creating Genesis programs all week.

“How about a little off the back?” She hit the exec button, and Cassie’s reddish-blonde hair shortened ten centimeters. “Then we’ll lengthen the front and pull it back with a barrette.”

Cassie’s eyes bugged as she touched her bare forehead.

32 comments:

  1. Sci Fi

    Sort of a fun premise - and I love girl coders!

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  2. Sci-fi

    Radiation canopy/Genesis dome.

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  3. Sci-fi
    Radiation canopy, re-programming their bangs.

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  4. Sci-fi.

    All the tech (also can I get a machine to cut my hair please?)

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  5. Sci-fi.

    Genesis domes, hair-reprogramming machine.

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  6. Science Fiction.
    Because of the technology and the programming and the architecture.

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  7. Sci fi.
    Radiation canopy, Genesis terminal. I'm interested in this invention if it can return hair back to the way it was.

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  9. Sci fi
    Radiation canopy and programmable hair. yes

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  10. Science fiction. With words like radiation canopy, dome’s Genesis terminal, and referring to the sun's rays as 'deadly', this oozes science fiction.

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  11. Sci-fi! Radiation canopy and programmable hair -- hah!

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  12. Sci-fi! Radiation canopy and programmable hair -- hah!

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  13. Sci-fi

    Radiation canopy, Genesis project...

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  14. Sci-fi

    Radiation canopy, Genesis project...

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  15. SF

    The wording about radiation and Genesis but I'm thinking they are cyborgs because you can't program a human's hair to change like this.

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  16. Sci Fi

    There's plenty of techno-jargon to land it squarely in SF. give me the hydrospanner, chewie!

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  17. Sci-Fi
    Radiation canopy. Genesis domes, other domes...

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  18. Sci Fi, for all the reasons noted above.

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  19. Science Fiction
    Because of the obvious terminology. Also, she can program body behaviors, suggesting the characters may not be human.

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  20. Definitely Sci Fi!! Love the concept of programmable hair styles...

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  21. Sci Fi.

    What a fun premise! Techno haircuts! It's futuristic: the "deadly" sun.

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  22. Sci-Fi. The radiation...ark...other futuristic elements.

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  23. Sci-Fi. The radiation...ark...other futuristic elements.

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  24. I"m getting a Dystopic feel, all this talk of sci-fi and hairdoes...like Scott Westerfield's Uglies.

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  25. Science Fiction.

    Radiation canopy, domes, Genesis terminal, programmable hair.

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  26. Sci-Fi

    radiation canopy suggest a bleak future for us

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  27. If you guess Science Fiction, you are correct. It's YA Sci-fi. Thanks for all your comments.

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