Comments on: NanoWeen Stories http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ron Lane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313071 Ron Lane Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:36:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313071 When I saw: "...and that's when the pumpkins decided to carve back." What immediately popped into my head was: Next, on Sick Sad World! La la la la laaaa... When I saw:

“…and that’s when the pumpkins decided to carve back.”

What immediately popped into my head was:

Next, on Sick Sad World!

La la la la laaaa…

]]> By: Rick Pikul http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313070 Rick Pikul Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:39:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313070 @Checkmate1: That's by Hemingway. @Checkmate1: That’s by Hemingway.

]]> By: Tesseract http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313069 Tesseract Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:46:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313069 A podcast called the Drabblecast has something they call a weekly "Twitfic" contest. http://www.thedrabblecast.org/ ^--^ A podcast called the Drabblecast has something they call a weekly “Twitfic” contest.
http://www.thedrabblecast.org/

^–^

]]> By: Joseph G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313068 Joseph G Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:42:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313068 When I first saw "NanoWeen," I was envisioning something like this: "More and more of them appeared, even as the trees were dissolved, the grass dismantled, even the animals taken apart molecule by molecule. Humans tried to escape the spreading onslaught, but they too would be taken - not destroyed, exactly, for nothing is ever truly destroyed - but changed. The landmasses of the world changed from green to yellow to orange, visible from space, but there were none on earth left to behold the scene. When the technicians had tested the assemblers, they had given them all the instructions they needed, but had forgotten the most crucial step - when to stop. Were the test undertaken around Christmas, the results might have looked at first glance far more natural. When it was over, the land was covered, horizon to horizon, sea to sea, with grinning orange jack-o-lanterns." When I first saw “NanoWeen,” I was envisioning something like this:

“More and more of them appeared, even as the trees were dissolved, the grass dismantled, even the animals taken apart molecule by molecule. Humans tried to escape the spreading onslaught, but they too would be taken – not destroyed, exactly, for nothing is ever truly destroyed – but changed. The landmasses of the world changed from green to yellow to orange, visible from space, but there were none on earth left to behold the scene. When the technicians had tested the assemblers, they had given them all the instructions they needed, but had forgotten the most crucial step – when to stop. Were the test undertaken around Christmas, the results might have looked at first glance far more natural. When it was over, the land was covered, horizon to horizon, sea to sea, with grinning orange jack-o-lanterns.”

]]> By: Joseph G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313067 Joseph G Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:29:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313067 @24 Greg: Ahhh :D There's probably some overlap, there. I read Cracked obsessively, myself. Almost as much so as BA ;) @24 Greg: Ahhh :D There’s probably some overlap, there. I read Cracked obsessively, myself. Almost as much so as BA ;)

]]> By: Greg Fish http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313066 Greg Fish Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:26:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313066 @Joseph, #22 Close. Cracked.com. @Joseph, #22

Close. Cracked.com.

]]> By: Checkmate1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313065 Checkmate1 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:21:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313065 There is the classic "shortest short story" Six words: For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn. I do not know the original author. To this could be added: For Sale. Casket. Used once. There is the classic “shortest short story” Six words: For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.
I do not know the original author. To this could be added: For Sale. Casket. Used once.

]]> By: Joseph G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313064 Joseph G Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:05:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313064 @1 MTU: Talk about a killer bug in the system :-P @1 MTU: Talk about a killer bug in the system :-P

]]> By: Joseph G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313063 Joseph G Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:03:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313063 I loved "Deep", Phil. Talk about scary! Reminds me of Stephen King's short story "Jaunt". The setting is different, but the source of horror is the same :) I loved “Deep”, Phil. Talk about scary!
Reminds me of Stephen King’s short story “Jaunt”. The setting is different, but the source of horror is the same :)

]]> By: Joseph G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/31/nanoween-stories/#comment-313062 Joseph G Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40030#comment-313062 @Greg Fish: Just wondering, do you spend any time on TVtropes.com? "Nightmare fuel" is something I've only encountered from Tropers :) @Greg Fish: Just wondering, do you spend any time on TVtropes.com? “Nightmare fuel” is something I’ve only encountered from Tropers :)

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