Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Embargoed Thesis
Call Number
PS3613.O736 V355 2019
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Stonecoast
First Advisor
Tobias Buckell
Second Advisor
James Patrick Kelly
Third Advisor
Justin Tussing
Abstract
Validation Set is a work of hard science fiction, containing 14 original short stories held together by a 15th, original, frame story which can be read as a stand-alone short story or with the other thirteen stories interleaved in order. Validation Set deals with the theme of grief through the lens of how near or far future technology enables the expression and the processing of grief. The characters in the work experience loss: loss of a family member or a loss of identity. Validation Set additionally focuses on themes of the nature of consciousness, feelings of alienation, and what happens when the best of parental intentions go awry.
Recommended Citation
Corbett Moran, Christine, "Validation Set" (2019). Stonecoast MFA Theses and Capstones. 105.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/stonecoast/105
