{"id":1719,"date":"2007-10-09T20:53:46","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T20:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2007-10-09T20:53:46","modified_gmt":"2007-10-09T20:53:46","slug":"mutating_meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"Mutating Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PZ tagged me with an interesting meme experiment. Now, pay attention:<\/p>\n<p>Below are a set of questions below that are all of the form, \u201cThe best <b>[subgenre] <!-- Missing Medium URL --><\/b> in <b>[genre]<\/b> is \u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Copy the questions, and before answering them, you may modify them<br \/>\nin a limited way, carrying out no more than two of these operations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can leave them exactly as is.<\/li>\n<li>You can delete any one question.<\/li>\n<li>You can mutate either the <b>genre, medium,<\/b> or <b>subgenre<\/b><br \/>\nof any one question. For instance, you could change \u201cThe best time<br \/>\ntravel novel in SF\/Fantasy is\u2026\u201d to \u201cThe best time travel novel in<br \/>\nWesterns is\u2026\u201d, or \u201cThe best time travel movie in SF\/Fantasy is\u2026:, or<br \/>\n\u201cThe best romance novel in SF\/Fantasy is\u2026\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>You can add a completely new question of your choice to the end of the list, as long as it is still in the form \u201cThe best <b>[subgenre] <!-- Missing Medium URL --><\/b> in <b>[genre]<\/b> is\u2026\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You must have at least one question in your set, or you\u2019ve gone<br \/>\nextinct, and you must be able to answer it yourself, or you\u2019re not<br \/>\nviable.<\/p>\n<p>Then answer your possibly mutant set of questions. Please do include a link back to the blog you got them from, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the19thfloor.net\/\">The 19th Floor<\/a>, to simplify tracing the ancestry, and include these instructions.<\/p>\n<p>My parent is <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\">Pharyngula<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>1. The best <b>dystopian novel<\/b> in <b>SF\/Fantasy<\/b> is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Cloud Atlas<\/i> by David Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>2. The best <b>romantic movie<\/b> in <b>Historical Fiction<\/b> is: <\/p>\n<p><i>A Lion in Winter <\/i><\/p>\n<p>2. The best <b>sexy song<\/b> in <b>rock<\/b> is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Beret by Prince<\/p>\n<p>3. The best <b>spy movie<\/b> in <b>Thrillers<\/b> is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m spreading this meme to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allgirlband.blogspot.com\/\">shyestviolet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planet-of-the-blind.com\/\">Planet of the Blind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thegimpparade.blogspot.com\/\">Gimp Parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/\">Making Light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know this is a little complicated, but you guys are smart or else you wouldn&#8217;t have your very own homestead on these here internets.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PZ tagged me with an interesting meme experiment. Now, pay attention: Below are a set of questions below that are all of the form, \u201cThe best [subgenre] in [genre] is \u2026\u201d. 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