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Chuck Rothman
More from A Manifest Destiny by A. A. Hines
He poured a brandy each, smiling as he handed one to Erika, still in
her sweater. Her blue eyes widened appreciatively, then she swirled
the amber fluid absently as she crossed the oriental rug and settled
into the deep corner of the couch. She kicked off her slippers,
tucking her feet up next to her as she briefly inhaled the aroma.
<Ah, Reebok '87 was a very fine year.>
From LYCURGUS LAIS, by M. Lyle Johnson:
Now this shop also took care of horses for travelers and visitors and
such in a livery stable of sorts. I helped with that part of the
business too, so I soon learned which end of a shovel was for holding,
and which end was for scooping what was left after the horses were
gone.
<The lessons must have been difficult.>
From The Madrona Murders, by Frederick Mugler
"The anesthesiology party was so boring this year."
<Put everyone to sleep, did it?>
From The Power of Ten by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
[Fiction - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror], Approx. 82820 words
Summary
THE POWER OF TEN tells the tale of one slightly psychotic, slightly
sociopathic anti-hero's self-awakening into superheroedness as he
battles mad eggroll manufacturers who are Hell bent on world
domination through the conduits of fast food franchises.
<The author's own summary. No comment necessary>
When he awoke that morning, everything was as was and nothing, not
anything, felt different. Even though, this was best for most people
that everything, day after day, remained the same; he did not know any
better. Furthermore, he had never been accused of knowing what was
good for him. Change was a strange and powerful thing for the most
part consciously avoided so, of course, there was no way for him to
divert it. Tomorrow loomed ahead forebodingly.
<Opening paragraph. No comment necessary.>
From Trukness by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
Description:
TRUKNESS is the highly entertaining tale of two friends, Mongo
and Ten Little Big Paws, traveling through outer space in a 1980
Department of the Interior pale forest green extended bed pick-up
truck with positraction. Our heroes barter and trade their way across
the eternities with freshly baked bread and the ultimate piece of
Elvis memorabilia all in hopes of saving the Earth from a scrupulous
extraterrestrial theme park developer. (Based on a true story.)
<no comment necessary>
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Yog Sysop
Yog stirred in the depths when rot...@sff.net (Chuck Rothman)
uttered:
>From The Power of Ten by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
> [Fiction - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror], Approx. 82820 words
> Summary
>THE POWER OF TEN tells the tale of one slightly psychotic, slightly
>sociopathic anti-hero's self-awakening into superheroedness as he
>battles mad eggroll manufacturers who are Hell bent on world
>domination through the conduits of fast food franchises.
>
><The author's own summary. No comment necessary>
Actually, a sufficiently talented writer could make that into a
brilliant book. There is no idea so stupid that a good enough
writer can't make it entertaining. There is no idea so great
that a sufficiently ham-handed writer can't make an unreadable
botch of it.
--
James D. Macdonald
http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/
Yog Sysop
>Our heroes barter and trade their way across
>the eternities with freshly baked bread and the ultimate piece of
>Elvis memorabilia all in hopes of saving the Earth from a scrupulous
>extraterrestrial theme park developer. (Based on a true story.)
And he swore he'd never tell! Well, wait until I tell the
_real_ story behind his true story. _Then_ we'll see who's left
holding Elvis's ****.
BILL D ALLEN
I dunno, TRUKNESS sounds like it's got MADE-FOR-TV movie potential.
Bill
l...@gila.demon.co.uk
y...@sff.net (Yog Sysop) wrote:
>Yog stirred in the depths when rot...@sff.net (Chuck Rothman)
>uttered:
>>From The Power of Ten by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
>> [Fiction - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror], Approx. 82820 words
>> Summary
>>THE POWER OF TEN tells the tale of one slightly psychotic, slightly
>>sociopathic anti-hero's self-awakening into superheroedness as he
>>battles mad eggroll manufacturers who are Hell bent on world
>>domination through the conduits of fast food franchises.
>>
>><The author's own summary. No comment necessary>
>Actually, a sufficiently talented writer could make that into a
>brilliant book. There is no idea so stupid that a good enough
>writer can't make it entertaining. There is no idea so great
>that a sufficiently ham-handed writer can't make an unreadable
>botch of it.
Bet Pratchett could do a lot with it....
Jeff Hecht
l...@gila.demon.co.uk wrote:
> >>From The Power of Ten by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
> >> [Fiction - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror], Approx. 82820 words
> >> Summary
> >>THE POWER OF TEN tells the tale of one slightly psychotic, slightly
> >>sociopathic anti-hero's self-awakening into superheroedness as he
> >>battles mad eggroll manufacturers who are Hell bent on world
> >>domination through the conduits of fast food franchises.
> >>
> >><The author's own summary. No comment necessary>
>
> >Actually, a sufficiently talented writer could make that into a
> >brilliant book. There is no idea so stupid that a good enough
> >writer can't make it entertaining. There is no idea so great
> >that a sufficiently ham-handed writer can't make an unreadable
> >botch of it.
>
> Bet Pratchett could do a lot with it....
>
Actually, it sounds like a plot summary of one of Pratchett's books
written by someone seriously humor-impaired. -- Jeff
--
Jeff Hecht, writer of science fact and (a little) fiction
Read "The Crystal Highway" in Odyssey #1
URL: http://www.sff.net/people/Jeff.Hecht
Steve Eley
Chuck Rothman wrote in message <356dbb2b...@news.sff.net>...
>
> From Trukness by Peter J. Crisanto-Croox
>Description:
>
> TRUKNESS is the highly entertaining tale of two friends, Mongo
>and Ten Little Big Paws, traveling through outer space in a 1980
>Department of the Interior pale forest green extended bed pick-up
>the eternities with freshly baked bread and the ultimate piece of
>Elvis memorabilia all in hopes of saving the Earth from a scrupulous
>extraterrestrial theme park developer. (Based on a true story.)
>
I actually don't see what's wrong with this one.
STAR SMASHERS OF THE GALAXY RANGERS, anyone?
Have Fun, (but watch where you point that cheddite projector!)
- Steve Eley
sfe...@sff.net