Author Topic: VERY good short story (Read 22972 times)

Aybraus · « **on:** January 30, 2007, 01:38:42 pm »

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mlindsey/asimov/question.htm

emmet · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2007, 01:58:38 pm »

I would have to say that is the most well thought out story I have ever read.

Gungnir · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2007, 02:03:55 pm »

I have that story...really good. I like a lot of his short stories.

PHI-1618 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2007, 02:44:00 am »

I have that story as well. I agree with Asimov, it's the best story he ever wrote.

Krakow Sam · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2007, 07:07:17 am »

Considering how much faster computers are progressing in comparison to MULTIVAC, perhaps entropy could be reversed before the death of the universe and the fusion of the human conciousness with the machine.

Aybraus · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2007, 08:09:36 am »

Oh, no. Technological singularity will come extremely quickly.
I foresee an Assimilation Cube within the next century.

Danzik · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2007, 01:30:49 pm »

I was just about to make a post about this story also.

Probably one of my favorites...
This gives me an idea for a new thread...

HolsteinCow · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2007, 04:32:58 pm »

This one's ten times better:

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/Eye_Of_The_Argon

Cool AN · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2007, 03:02:11 am »

Asimov was the man!

Khaz-Rhoz-Zek · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2007, 11:33:46 pm »

Quote from: VFX Watch on January 31, 2007, 08:09:36 am

Oh, no. Technological singularity will come extremely quickly.

I welcome it.

PHI-1618 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2007, 12:04:56 pm »

Quote from: HolsteinCow on February 03, 2007, 04:32:58 pm

This one's ten times better:

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/Eye_Of_The_Argon

tl;dr: But I will later though. I've heard of the story, so that tells me there has to be something to it. I don't often get people mentioning short stories to me as must-read events.

EDIT: Well, crap. Now I know why they mentioned in such hushed tones -- it's friggin' awful!

HanianKnight · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:10:22 pm »

psh, short my ass. If I can't read it all within a three minute span then I will not consider it a short story. It was a medium story

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Samog · « **Reply #12 on:** March 03, 2007, 11:18:57 pm »

Prepare to embrace your creators in the stygian haunts of
hell, barbarian

Gungnir · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2007, 04:03:45 pm »

http://books.google.com/books?id=pUhIQlp6EAwC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=%22last+night+i+dreamed%22+said+%22lvx+1%22+calmly&source=web&ots=-OGurS_gbM&sig=Gz6cK0kW6sY9Qne-5bhxd9xBues#PPA29,M1

/lurk · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2007, 10:55:23 am »

Quote from: Samog on March 03, 2007, 11:18:57 pm

Prepare to embrace your creators in the stygian haunts of
hell, barbarian

"Aye! The ways of our civilization are in many ways warped
and distorted, but what is your calling," she queried, bustily?

stuck · « **Reply #15 on:** March 12, 2007, 07:10:41 pm »

I'll see if I can find a link to one of my favorite short stories. It's called Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

EDIT: After you read, you can notice a lot of little nuances the arthour put in. For example: the main characters only talk in "said's".

emmet · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2007, 02:46:46 pm »

That was sad, but also pretty funny.

Gungnir · « **Reply #17 on:** March 14, 2007, 05:19:55 pm »

that was actually really sad..and I thought that the guy might actually have a chance..ah well.

Oh, i like "Breeds there a man...?" by Asimov as well.

Aybraus · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2007, 07:44:26 pm »

I read that one before. Didn't know it was Vonnegut.

huggkruka · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2007, 07:43:13 pm »

Harrison Bergeron is one of the best short stories ever. It's so true!

Anyway, "Guts" by Chuck Palahniuk it's a great horror short. Google it yourself, I don't think I can link to it.

rustybrazenfire · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2007, 05:53:57 am »

I read this short story some time ago, and happened upon it again late last week while browsing the Internet. It's a personal favorite, since it is so expansive while still being realtively short. Asimov's own words describe it best:

Quote from: Isaac Asimov

This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written.

After all, I undertook to tell several trillion years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook another task, but I won't tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you.

It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything -- and I'm satisfied that it should.

Read "The Last Question" here.

sltlamina · « **Reply #21 on:** August 06, 2007, 07:02:43 am »

This is my time to shine *cracks fingers out in front of self in a stretching like manner*

USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!

...tha...that was good, the power...*clenches fists* someone should have told me!

Luminar · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2007, 08:28:28 am »

....search..?
THIS! IS! STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE!
-kicks sltlamina through the door to Spore: General-

rustybrazenfire · « **Reply #23 on:** August 06, 2007, 09:41:01 am »

Let's see...

Get yelled at for necrobumping.

OR

Get yelled at for posting a new topic.

Ok I give up. I'll just assume from now on that any possible topic has already been covered and disregard either option.

Daxx · « **Reply #24 on:** August 06, 2007, 10:07:47 am »

Quote from: rustybrazenfire on August 06, 2007, 09:41:01 am

Let's see...

Get yelled at for necrobumping.

OR

Get yelled at for posting a new topic.

Ok I give up. I'll just assume from now on that any possible topic has already been covered and disregard either option.

Get this into your head: Posting a new topic is bad. Posting in an old one is not. Claiming that you didn't want to be shouted at for bumping a topic is not an excuse.

Gungnir · « **Reply #25 on:** August 06, 2007, 02:31:24 pm »

And this would go in the books section anyway. Which is where the original is. I think it's like best short stories or something like that.

Luminar · « **Reply #26 on:** August 06, 2007, 11:00:36 pm »

Necroing is when you bring up an old topic without contributing anything significant to it, it's excusable when you bring something to the topic that hasn't already been discussed, and can be discussed quite well. So basically you can bump the old topic as long as you're contributing enough to it for the bump to be justified.

Oviraptor · « **Reply #27 on:** August 07, 2007, 04:49:05 pm »

If someone can point me to where this can be merged, I will gladly move it there.

Lualmoba · « **Reply #28 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:40:16 am »

http://www.gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?topic=8311.0

Oviraptor · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2007, 06:56:02 pm »

Thank you. Enjoy the topic.

stuck · « **Reply #30 on:** October 18, 2007, 07:04:09 pm »

Franz Kafka - The Judgement

This is the one work Franz Kafka considered to be his greatest. Some of you may be more familiar with "The Metamorphoses," but Kafka considered that one a failure. (He was dissatisfied with the ending). He also wrote "The Judgement" in one night.

Gungnir · « **Reply #31 on:** February 24, 2008, 08:04:30 pm »

This was creepy. http://www.strangehorizons.com/2000/20001030/little_brother.shtml

stuck · « **Reply #32 on:** February 29, 2008, 03:00:56 pm »

Heh, it was good. But I saw the ending coming the first paragraph.

Great Distance · « **Reply #33 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:44:55 pm »

http://poestories.com/read/telltaleheart

Just some good old Edgar Allan Poe! I think I'm going to start reading some more of his stories.

Snork · « **Reply #34 on:** March 03, 2009, 01:52:46 pm »

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huggkruka · « **Reply #35 on:** April 11, 2009, 10:40:59 am »

http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

A great story on the future of the US economy after robots take over. Well written and interesting. If you work retail, it's a horror story(but with a happy ending!)

emmet · « **Reply #36 on:** April 11, 2009, 01:32:50 pm »

That was good, but the writing wasn't that great, and the ideas were unoriginal (Ever heard of the Venus Project?). There wasn't even that much of a story to speak of. The author mostly just threw ideas at you.

Yuu · « **Reply #37 on:** April 11, 2009, 10:56:30 pm »

I knew it!

I've always had it in my mind that Good Burger was up to no good...