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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
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]
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".
“Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.” “Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked ...
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 ...
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.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often shortened to "all work and no play". [ 1 ] It was newly popularized after the phrase was featured in the 1980 horror film, The Shining .
"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 ...