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24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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April 18, 2026
This "story"!!!!!!
Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
Quite literally the First 2/3's of the story is Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
What are we going to do? What is going on here? What could this be? Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
I kept saying to myself: " Just F***ing get in a F***ing Shuttlecraft and Go F***ing see what is F***ing on the F***ing Planet!
Instead we get Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
So Finally! they go out to Investigate the planet and nothing happens.
Then, for the Final 1/3 of the "story" it's more Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
But this time it's Tell Tell Tell. About this happened in the Past, and that happened in the Past. And.....Tell, Tell, Tell!
This isn't a story, it's someone's Pseudo-Scientific Research Paper disguised as a story!
Don't get me wrong. It's an Interesting Discussion but it reads more like an Outline for a story than an actual story itself.
It actually reminds me of an episode from the Unfortunate First Season of Star Trek TNG where 90% of the time, the Crew of the Enterprise just talked, talked and talked. And there were not enough Phasers.
Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
Quite literally the First 2/3's of the story is Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
What are we going to do? What is going on here? What could this be? Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
I kept saying to myself: " Just F***ing get in a F***ing Shuttlecraft and Go F***ing see what is F***ing on the F***ing Planet!
Instead we get Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
So Finally! they go out to Investigate the planet and nothing happens.
Then, for the Final 1/3 of the "story" it's more Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!
But this time it's Tell Tell Tell. About this happened in the Past, and that happened in the Past. And.....Tell, Tell, Tell!
This isn't a story, it's someone's Pseudo-Scientific Research Paper disguised as a story!
Don't get me wrong. It's an Interesting Discussion but it reads more like an Outline for a story than an actual story itself.
It actually reminds me of an episode from the Unfortunate First Season of Star Trek TNG where 90% of the time, the Crew of the Enterprise just talked, talked and talked. And there were not enough Phasers.
October 12, 2025
scifi, short story
March 28, 2011
I enjoyed listening to this tale.
The narrators voice is clear.
The recording quality is good with a little echo, it has plenty of volume.
The narrators voice is clear.
The recording quality is good with a little echo, it has plenty of volume.
May 2, 2014
The humans could never understand the alien bees and 100 years later, the humans discovered that the alien bees coud never understand the humans either.
March 26, 2022
Interesting.
Unusual angle for the ending. Alien encarnation results in a seemingly stable society worth withdrawing from. Help (?) arrives. I like it.
Unusual angle for the ending. Alien encarnation results in a seemingly stable society worth withdrawing from. Help (?) arrives. I like it.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews