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Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge
It cost too much, staying human.
- Bruce Sterling
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner
Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn
Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.
- David Brin
It’s behind you! Hurry before it
- Rockne S. O’Bannon
We went solar; sun went nova.
- Ken MacLeod
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison
Death postponed. Metastasized cells got organized.
- David Brin
Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken MacLeod
Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) and is said to have called it his best work. So Wired asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves. Above are my favorite ones.
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