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The story tells about a character who mistakenly achieves immortality and then, weary of a long life, struggles to lose it and writes an account of his experiences. The story consists of a quote, an introduction, five chapters, and a postscript. "The Immortal" has been described as "the culmination of Borges' art" by critic Ronald J. Christ. [2]
It is in this vein that I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of S.F. is crud. The Revelation Ninety percent of everything is crud. Corollary 1
A Dreary Story (Russian: Скучная история, romanized: Skuchnaya istoriya, translated also as "A Boring Story") is an 1889 novella by Anton Chekhov, subtitled "From the Notebooks of an Old Man".
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”
This outfit cost me an arm and a leg. That movie was so creepy, I’m going to crawl out of my skin. My to-do list is longer than the Mississippi. That class was so boring it seemed like time stopped.
These stories feature young, attractive, and exceptionally gifted female heroines who serve as the author's self-insertion into the story. [8] They often resolve the conflict of the story, win the love of the other characters and die a heroic death at the end. [16] Mary Sue stories are often written by adolescent authors. An author may create a ...
Title See also Journal 68 71 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 01 04 06 09 12 s96 s03 s04 s06 s11 A Basket of Strawberries: 1953-11: A Queer Streak: x: A Real Life
"Tell me what you don't like about yourself" Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy: Nip/Tuck [50] "Thank you veddy much" Latka Gravas: Taxi [49] "That would be so cool! So cool" Arthur Kensington Jr., "The Nerd" Robot Chicken "That's hot" Paris Hilton: The Simple Life [50] "That's what she said!" Michael Scott: The Office [54] "The thrill of victory, the ...