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An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:
"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."
A long list followed.
"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.
Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.
An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:
"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."
A long list followed.
"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.
Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.
The travel poster looked like so many others. A lush forest behind a serene beach. The text said "Be something exotic!"
"Sorry, there's a typo on your poster. I think you mean 'somewhere'?"
"No. We can make you to be, say, a bear, tiger, or hippo, for up to a week."
"A hippo? Tell me more!"
Suddenly, I noticed a faint smell of tuna. I looked over at my office partner, Dr. Hunt. She was grinning by the machine she'd built.
"It works!"
"Nice," I said. "What is it?"
"What you smell is the ghost of tuna!"
I felt something brush against my leg. The office filled with ghostly purring.
Suddenly, I noticed a faint smell of tuna. I looked over at my office partner, Dr. Hunt. She was grinning by the machine she'd built.
"It works!"
"Nice," I said. "What is it?"
"What you smell is the ghost of tuna!"
I felt something brush against my leg. The office filled with ghostly purring.
She offered to row the old wizard and the young king out on the lake. When a hand emerged from the water, holding a sword aloft, the king took the sword. And she took hold of the hand, let herself be pulled down, down.
The Lady of the Lake breathed air into her lungs with a laugh.
"You again?"
The time traveller closed the book and stared blankly ahead.
"So," said the author, "was that what-"
"No! That wasn't at all- It's a warning!"
"Allegorical, but y-"
"It's not you I need to kill, it's the person who read this and still wanted to build the Torment Nexus!"
"Kill?"
"I must go!"
The time traveller closed the book and stared blankly ahead.
"So," said the author, "was that what-"
"No! That wasn't at all- It's a warning!"
"Allegorical, but y-"
"It's not you I need to kill, it's the person who read this and still wanted to build the Torment Nexus!"
"Kill?"
"I must go!"
She offered to row the old wizard and the young king out on the lake. When a hand emerged from the water, holding a sword aloft, the king took the sword. And she took hold of the hand, let herself be pulled down, down.
The Lady of the Lake breathed air into her lungs with a laugh.
"You again?"
On every interactive internet-connected device around the world, a question came up in the user's preferred language:
"Do you agree or disagree with the proposition that it is morally wrong to claim you can own the body of another sentient being?"
I'm really curious to see the result of that poll.
On every interactive internet-connected device around the world, a question came up in the user's preferred language:
"Do you agree or disagree with the proposition that it is morally wrong to claim you can own the body of another sentient being?"
I'm really curious to see the result of that poll.
Coronation done, the court awaited the raven bringing the prophecy of the new king's demise. Would it be an epic one, like slain by no man, or by the hand of his son?
The raven arrived and nodded to the king. "Heart failure."
"That could be anything!"
Behind him, the face of a halberdier drooped.
"There are," the swordmaster said with emphasis on every word, "many problems that can not be solved with a sword."
"Yes, but if you do attempt to solve them with a sword," the former student said, "you will get new problems, which can be solved with a sword."
"Yes. That's why they sent for me."
The subject of the fifth Galactic Union Special Ethnographic Conference on Humans was 'Self-sacrifice or selfishness in Humans - whence and why'.
The abstract of the medal-winning paper simply said:
"Internalised stories and opportunity."
"There are," the swordmaster said with emphasis on every word, "many problems that can not be solved with a sword."
"Yes, but if you do attempt to solve them with a sword," the former student said, "you will get new problems, which can be solved with a sword."
"Yes. That's why they sent for me."
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