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Old 10-27-2006, 09:03 AM   #1
Bungleau
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Join Date: October 29, 2001
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From Wired's November issue:

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We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.



Dozens of our favorite auteurs put their words to paper, and five master graphic designers took them to the drawing board. Sure, Arthur C. Clarke refused to trim his ("God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist."), but the rest are concise masterpieces.



Some of the ones I like...

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Longed for him. Got him. Sh!t.
- Margaret Atwood

With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
- Frank Miller

Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.
- Steven Meretzky

So.... this opens the door for you to write your own six-word story.


Computer gaming? Step right in, folks!

Choc, our leader, rests. Catnip dreams.

Next?

*edit* forgot a couple of slashes...

[ 10-28-2006, 09:44 AM: Message edited by: Bungleau ]
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