tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post2039602529224067850..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Quite Possibly The Worst Science Fiction Story EverK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-42113895974012648452011-07-17T09:49:54.041-07:002011-07-17T09:49:54.041-07:00Wrong. I wrote the worst science fiction story eve...Wrong. <i>I</i> wrote the worst science fiction story ever when I was in the eighth grade. It involved an asteroid and duck smuggling. <br /><br />You read that correctly.Jeff Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068021849429001560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-81423622889496013502011-07-16T20:27:42.997-07:002011-07-16T20:27:42.997-07:00Are you implying something about the Canadian Moun...Are you implying something about the Canadian Mounties?K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-52094118497813487042011-07-16T20:15:52.087-07:002011-07-16T20:15:52.087-07:00What would Ward Bond say about that?
Mount! M-O-N...What would Ward Bond say about that?<br /><br />Mount! M-O-N-T-E! Mount!pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-75667221610790585392011-07-16T10:11:26.159-07:002011-07-16T10:11:26.159-07:00Don't mention "bugger off" and weste...Don't mention "bugger off" and westerns any more. These days it means something quite different than it used to.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-30372367092125630662011-07-16T09:42:17.962-07:002011-07-16T09:42:17.962-07:00"Boy loves tractor, boy loses tractor, boy wi..."Boy loves tractor, boy loses tractor, boy wins tractor in the end."<br /><br />True, Brother Cat, but the Western genre requires Boy to leave Tractor and bugger off to the West . . ., or east of Urals, anyway.pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-48012154121996720522011-07-15T15:03:44.139-07:002011-07-15T15:03:44.139-07:00Those are all so formulaic and boring, pat! Boy l...Those are all so formulaic and boring, pat! Boy loves tractor, boy loses tractor, boy wins tractor in the end.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-12506273937050228332011-07-15T11:47:38.796-07:002011-07-15T11:47:38.796-07:00That's one ripping yarn! Can't wait to see...That's one ripping yarn! Can't wait to see the Commie "Ranch Romances With Dry Gulch Gorky!"<br /><br />'Greb Sum Sgy, Pulgrum! All H'ale WUrkging Messes!pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-67302451358555513942011-07-15T09:14:22.286-07:002011-07-15T09:14:22.286-07:00Yes, it's pretty dire. Although, I'm prett...Yes, it's pretty dire. Although, I'm pretty sure I've read worse ("The Eye of Argon" springs to mind). The fact that it's from 1928 doesn't help much. <br /><br />Speaking of old SF, did you know that Project Gutenberg has a whole bunch of issues of "Astounding Stories of Super-Science" from 1930-1931? Just go to http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/ and search for "astounding". I've been working through them on my Kindle, and while they show their age pretty badly, they are still amusing. I kind of liked the one that was explicitly set just one month from now (August 2011) - he wasn't even *close* as far as predicting technology.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com