Apr 28 2008
Science Fiction is Love
Do you like science fiction? I like science fiction. I like science fiction because so much of science fiction is fucking hilarious.
For example. John Scalzi. I’ve read this story several times, but I read it again today and I’m sitting here, at my desk, at work, trying not to advertise the fact that my guts are quaking with suppressed glee.
“…INEXPLICABLY ENCASED IN AN ENORMOUS BLOCK OF UNFLAVORED GELATIN.”
That’s funny.
I hadn’t read any Scalzi until a few months ago when I got a free pdf of “Old Man’s War” and I was pleasantly surprised. I guess Tor’s goal in giving out the pdf worked, I ended up buying the sequel when I saw it at the airport bookstore.
I gotta tell you your ‘tease’ quote added just enough to the suspense that I was laughing quite out loud by the time I got there. Nice. I’m waiting for the third book in the “Old Man’s War” series to come out in paperback this summer. Looking forward to it.