Hi All,
In the comments on my thread below, I noted that in science fiction there are - because of how long lasting the genre has been - several tropes of science fiction. This can be anything from warp drive, to laser weapons to symbiotic species, species who are androgynous , space shifters etc etc. It is similar in fantasy , wherein you always have elves, dwarfs, humans, wizards and ogres/ goblins. It is what you do with these tropes that counts, e.g. imagine a Klingon hairdresser or an ogre who happens to be an accountant (rather than working,say, for the DWP or the Home Office).
One of the other tropes is that of alcoholic drink. Ales, beers (never largers for some reason, even though Germans would say larger beer is as old as ale?) . In science fiction you often get 'synthetic' beverages, which often give you the effect of alcohol without the hangover or liver damage.
The most memorable to my mind are Star Treks blood wine and Romulan Ale . The thing is blood wine is apparently fermented blood (rather than grape) and Romulan Ale is a blue colour that served in a whiskey tumbler and is extremely potent (but to my mind doesn't look like a ale as it isn't poured into a pint glass or tankard) . I've never really got why the humans of the future would be happy to be with outright hematophagia, but there you go.
But in any case I do wish that writers would actually concoct beverages that are similar to earth drinks, so an ale is an ale and not a whiskey and a wine isn't fermented blood. Also you have to think about the climate and environment that you are making these drinks in. For example, I wonder what a wine or a beer would be like if it were made (everything to growing the hops or vines to putting it in a cask) in zero gravity.
Any thoughts?
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