You Should Read These Short Stories
October 29th, 2006 · Posted in Linkage · 8 CommentsSlashdot links Wired’s Very Short Stories
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Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories
Lots of stories. Six words long.
RodeoClown: not too bad at this.
October 30th, 2006 at 9:52 am
I like them. I think Hemingway’s is still the best, though. Of the new ones, Bruce Sterling’s would be my favourite.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:10 am
I liked the comments in the slashdot article. There were a lot of very witty responses there.
I liked the temporal loop one best I think I liked the temporal loop one best I think I…
sorry.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:25 am
I guess I should have said:
They’re not as good as Hemingway’s.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Should, or shouldn’t we count contractions?
October 30th, 2006 at 10:34 am
You get good at this quickly.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:39 am
It’s a great exercise in conciseness
November 7th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Dr. Platypus does this with Scripture.
November 7th, 2006 at 8:58 am
Go here and help him out.