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Micro SF/F by O. Westin

@MicroSFF@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

The alien fleet appeared suddenly and entered Earth's orbit. A message was broadcast, in thousands of languages

"Greetings! We are the Interstellar Mobile Library. We have 4096 ships, please suggest landing sites for all."

"Yes, of course it is free, and for all people."

"Why? We are a library."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Fat_Farang

@Fat_Farang@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF Do you have "To Serve Man" in the collection?

Captain Button

@cptbutton@dice.camp replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF

Sort of the starting point of "Singularity Sky" by Charlie Stross.

ArdentArchivist

@ArdentArchivist@archaeo.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF 👏👏👏👏

Skjeggtroll

@skjeggtroll@mastodon.online replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF

The Norwegian science fiction author Jon Bing wrote a short series of children's books about the Starship Alexandria, a slower-than-light cryo-sleep spaceship and library.

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:

@markwyner@mas.to replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF this is fantastic. I love it.

The Fantastic Mr. Coyoty

@coyoty@mstdn.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF "Of course we can grant Sanctuary. We have the authority and power. And we love challenges from those who'll FAFO, to add to our stories."

Bruce Heerssen

@bruce@darkmoon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF
It's nice that the number of ships is a good round number.

Wannabe Astronaut

@space_cadet@aus.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF
"What are the gun turrets for?"
"Oh, that's because, wherever we go, there are always some people who don't like us."
"Why are there so very many fire sprinklers inside?"
"Oh, that's because wherever we go, there are always some people who don't like the truth."

Log 🪵

@log@mastodon.sdf.org replied · 2 weeks ago

@MicroSFF Yeah, you can land in the parking lot between my fixed library branch and the high school. What I really need to know is when you're lifting off, and what I need to do to still be on board whenever that happens. I can start on reshelving and cataloguing and work my way up to curated collections.

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