Ernest Hemingway skrev en gång en kort liten historia bara sex ord lång. Senare lär han ha kallat den lilla historien “det bästa han någonsin skrivit”. Historien lyder:
For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.
När geek-magasinet Wired lät sig inspireras av detta lilla mini-epos gick en liknande uppgift ut till en rad sci-fi-författare som fick i uppgift att försöka berätta en bättre historia på bara sex ord.
Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn
Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.
- David Brin
machine. Unexpectedly, I?d invented a time
- Alan Moore
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge
It’s behind you! Hurry before it
- Rockne S. O?Bannon
The baby?s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card
Epitaph: He shouldn’t have fed it.
- Brian Herbert
Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties.
- Cory Doctorow
Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin
Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.
- David Brin
I saw, darling, but do lie.
- Orson Scott Card
Corpse parts missing. Doctor buys yacht.
- Margaret Atwood
Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.
- Margaret Atwood
I win lottery. Sun goes nova.
- Steven Meretzky
Steve ignores editor’s word limit and
- Steven Meretzky
Leia: “Baby’s yours.” Luke: “Bad news?”
- Steven Meretzky
Dorothy: “Fuck it, I’ll stay here.”
- Steven Meretzky
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