The king was pregnant.
Ursula K. Le GuinTag: gender science-fiction feminism sci-fi feminist
Earlier that day, a typewriter bomb had exploded at a black market skin house over on Eel Street, sending words raining through the cardboard walls of the boudoirs and tattooing copies of the Machinist’s ‘Twelve Terms’ on the bodies of whores and patrons alike. Forty pieces of merch ruined. Their bodies had been obliterated by language, all traces of their sexuality buried beneath a storm of words. There was something horrific about the sight of those who had survived a typewriter attack. Their faces scarred with text, as if they had become hostages to some awful advertisement. A few of the victims took to working the streets around the library where bibliophiles sometimes paid them to satisfy their fantasies amid the desolate hush of the reading rooms and the deserted stacks where the only witnesses to this erotic pantomime of the blank body and its printed partner were other words.
Craig PadawerTag: bibliophilia sci-fi
A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.
Frederik PohlTag: writing science-fiction sci-fi
Stupid Ape: I had to quantify this with the word “stupid” so as not to offend the ape community. Large of limb, impotent of intellect, he was the kind of guy who lettered in leg-breaking at thug school but flunked the written exam because he didn't know which end of the e-pencil to use.
John ZakourYeah, but will it hurt?”’ I asked.
“This is science, Zach,” Randy said, reassuringly, as he tilted my head back and lowered the lens to my eye. “Of course it will hurt.
Tag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
No thanks,” I answered, “I never take rides from strangers, thugs who've tried to kill me or people with poor personal hygiene. Congratulations, by the way, for being the first person to qualify in all three categories.
John ZakourTag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
‘Foo Kyu’ is just a very unfortunate cultural coincidence."
"Just think about his poor son, ‘Foo Kyu Two.’
Tag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
I smiled, reached into my pockets and pulled out a pair of ultrapowerful earplugs, the kind that are standard issue for skyway construction workers, artillery soldiers, and roadies for the thirty-five most popular teen boy bands.
John ZakourTag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
I focused the power from my armor into my leg and kicked the door in. The metal and plastic fibers splintered and the hinges ripped free from the wall.
“By the way, boss,” HARV said. “I believe that the door was unlocked.
Tag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
You bastard, stop that whistling and fight me like a man!
John ZakourTag: humor sci-fi sci-fi-humour-comedy
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