Catégorie : histoires
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The Burning Life
Category: Science-fiction novel Page count: 330 Language: English Author(s): Hjalti Daníelsson Publisher: Gollancz (Orion Publishing Group) Year of publication: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-575-09017-0 In a very distant future, human civilizations have emerged from an age of darkness in the star cluster known as New Eden. The conflicts between them are resolved in space battles daily led…
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Heroes were made
« Speaking of the ancients, » he said « I’ve brought along something to help us in our quest for the hero. Look at these, will you? Divination tools! » He held his hand out. Nestled in his sticky palm were three little objects of brightly colored plastic. There was a lime green pyramid, a pink cube, and a…
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The tale of Eric and the inflatable wife
S.McD. Even plastic people have the right to be loved.
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Reykjavik
Wednesday, 30th of SeptemberThe hotel where I am does actually sell access to Internet. In Iceland, in 2009. I got pretty disappointed about that. (Tap water was free.) Moreover, it’s the kind of access where you can basically just surf the web and not do anything remotely exciting like, you know, plugging a cable to…
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Your kung fu is faulty
B.L. : A friend of mine can speak a single sentence in Mandarin, and he claims it is enough. All he can say is « Your kung fu is faulty. » I like that. He’s my hero, all the way until he gets killed by the Chinese mafia.