For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Oct 28, 2006 07:27

Well. That, supposedly, was Hemingway's shortest story. All of 6 words. A very deep 6 words, if you ask me. What happened to the baby? Why were the shoes never worn? And why are they for sale? Many questions. I doubt I could write such 6 words.

So Wired asked popular sci-fi writers to write a story, in no more than 6 words. Arthur Clarke had an 11 ( Read more... )

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vinodkumarvc October 30 2006, 16:06:53 UTC
i hope they're not like bollywood taglines of the 90s .. ;-)

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vinodkumarvc October 30 2006, 16:10:26 UTC
this kind of, non-religious meaning?

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what is the other meaning? the religious one?

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davenchit October 31 2006, 15:07:37 UTC
Heh. Just from the story, I would have known you'd read RoG even if you hadn't told me.
The story was pretty good as well. :)

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