Thursday, September 17, 2009

That periodical contained neither guns nor ammo

Boingboing posted this a long time ago, and it's one of the greatest pieces of fiction I've ever read in my life. Please enjoy:

They got on the local news.

INTERVIEWER: Nice racing.

DINOSAUR RACER 1: Thanks.

INTERVIEWER: Where you boys from?

DINOSAUR RACER 1: Atlantis.

INTERVIEWER: I thought your people came from Mars.

DINOSAUR RACER 2: The Atlantis basin, yes, on Mars.

INTERVIEWER: What brings you to Tampa?

DINOSAUR RACER 1: We came to do high-speed stunts in double gravity.

INTERVIEWER: So how do you like Earth?

DINOSAUR RACER 1: Well, it's not as awesome as Mars—

DINOSAUR RACER 2: My friend means to say that Earth is very awesome, but sometimes we get homesick.

INTERVIEWER: How intelligent are dinosaurs?

DINOSAUR RACER 2: We're probably not going to win any prizes, but if you think about it, neither are you.

Read it and more at Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090713/dinosaurs-f.shtml)

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