>“Guys, you know this is how religions start, right? Everyone is gonna forget about it until some cheeky fuck in 2227 knocks a bitch up and claims his kid is the prophesied one.”
You want Harry Turtledove’s short story Half the Battle.
In the post-post-apocalyptic future, the field of archeology is a deadly serious arms race, with whichever of the newly-reforming nation-states that can dig up and reverse-engineer the lost technologies of the ancients first gaining advantage over their rivals. And the latest find (strongly implied to be the tie-in starfleet technical manual) is either the greatest game-changing MacGuffin of all or a trap that’ll lead to whichever faction holds it wasting the time and efforts of their best scientists trying to make sense of it. Or both if they build a working Warp Drive anyway because they were certain it was possible to do so.
Phisto, you are indeed a good writer, snide and blunt and raw. I enjoyed this piece, as I still have sarcasm in my blood...
I will say that some of us actually do follow God and the Lord Jesus. They are good guys, very real, merciful and profound. Relationship, not religion. Keep writing!
Well now, wait a minute; Riverside is not THAT beige. The building in the street pic was yellow. This might be exactly the kind of place where i can live out my few remaining days or years without the threat of smart cities, a 'green' new deal, gentrification, and 5-G. So thanks for the lead.. I hope there's a river nearby, though - or why call it Riverside
3 strip clubs... it MUST be a boring place; kinda like flat earth. I wonder if you met the museum owner - the nerd with the toy collection?
Hilarious! Loved it. Reminds me of the stupid crap I did while in the military stationed in England. I don't remember much of it as there was copious amounts of alcohol involved, but it was so much fun. I think. You know it was good when jail was involved!
“Keep reading, scrub.”
Freakin great read, man. So many great lines in this.
>“Guys, you know this is how religions start, right? Everyone is gonna forget about it until some cheeky fuck in 2227 knocks a bitch up and claims his kid is the prophesied one.”
You want Harry Turtledove’s short story Half the Battle.
In the post-post-apocalyptic future, the field of archeology is a deadly serious arms race, with whichever of the newly-reforming nation-states that can dig up and reverse-engineer the lost technologies of the ancients first gaining advantage over their rivals. And the latest find (strongly implied to be the tie-in starfleet technical manual) is either the greatest game-changing MacGuffin of all or a trap that’ll lead to whichever faction holds it wasting the time and efforts of their best scientists trying to make sense of it. Or both if they build a working Warp Drive anyway because they were certain it was possible to do so.
Phisto, you are indeed a good writer, snide and blunt and raw. I enjoyed this piece, as I still have sarcasm in my blood...
I will say that some of us actually do follow God and the Lord Jesus. They are good guys, very real, merciful and profound. Relationship, not religion. Keep writing!
Positively a gothic country tale.
Unbelievable contempt for small town America. May the blow back send you half way out into the Atlantic.
Seriously? It’s a joke about Star Trek.
Thank U, I really enjoyed that, & again Ima say U Need to Go into Comedy😁😁😂😂😂
Well now, wait a minute; Riverside is not THAT beige. The building in the street pic was yellow. This might be exactly the kind of place where i can live out my few remaining days or years without the threat of smart cities, a 'green' new deal, gentrification, and 5-G. So thanks for the lead.. I hope there's a river nearby, though - or why call it Riverside
3 strip clubs... it MUST be a boring place; kinda like flat earth. I wonder if you met the museum owner - the nerd with the toy collection?
Well done Phisto.
🤣🤣🤣 ROFLMAO
Hilarious! Loved it. Reminds me of the stupid crap I did while in the military stationed in England. I don't remember much of it as there was copious amounts of alcohol involved, but it was so much fun. I think. You know it was good when jail was involved!
I never served, but I've heard enough tales to know jail always means the story was actually a good one.
lmao
You're an excellent writer. I was engaged the entire time. That's good storytelling!
This. Story. Would. Have been. Much. Better.
With a string. Of unnecessary. Pauses.
DAMMIT JIM IM A WRITER NOT A FUCKING GOD INCARNATE
Does all caps mean we are doing Warp Speed now?
PLAID.
No statue?! Sacrilege!
I’d have been all in on that, just for the hellofit. Even now, at 68, yep. Let’s check it out.
Saved for now, will read later
Nvm I thought this piece was going to be about the iconic teen show *Riverdale* and stopped reading halfway through
Lmao perfect
Two dudes and a pile of cash are basically three ways so not gay boom gottem.