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intensityxx
October 25th, 2006, 12:53 PM
You might enjoy checking out this site: 6-word science fiction. (http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html) Some are NSFW.
A few that I liked:
Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge
We kissed. She melted. Mop please!
- James Patrick Kelly
mr scarborough
October 31st, 2006, 04:57 PM
I really like those. I think my favourite was 'time machine reaches future. nobody there.'
They're fun to try, as well.
'aliens invade new york. go shopping.'
and
'starlight falls on last man's grave.'
were the best I could come up with...
Yobmod
November 2nd, 2006, 05:01 AM
I thought they were mostly quite bad. Most the authors seem to have confused writing micro-fiction with writing bad jokes. Compared to the Hemmingway story that inspired them, which is truly great and gives the feeling of an interesting back story and an emotional response, i thought these stories were all pretty shallow. I doubt there are any i'll keep in memory.
Hemmingway:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
cf.
Tick tock tick tock tick tick. - Neal Stephenson
His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant! - Rudy Rucker
I’m your future, child. Don’t cry. - Stephen Baxter
Banger
November 2nd, 2006, 07:26 AM
I like:
My nemesis is dead. Now what? – Michael Cunningham
mr scarborough
November 2nd, 2006, 03:09 PM
True, they're a little throwaway, but there's nothing wrong with that.
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