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    Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker

    Jonathan Lethem Returns To Science Fiction, With A Gorgeous Downer Of A Story

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    A good read, especially from The New Yorker.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    "...fields of wheat." made me think of Woody Allen. How appropriate.


    I always thought a SF story in The New Yorker would involve a desert island and a psychiatrist's couch. Maybe with two stockbrokers in a bar and some dogs thrown in.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    Eh.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    Hah - that wasn't half bad, I rather enjoyed it!


    My thoughts on a Hollywood version involves huge mechanizations that block out the sun to try and keep it from reproducing...that eventually backfire on us and force us to live underground, only to ONE DAY RECLAIM THE SURFACE.

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    Image of Peter Theobald Peter Theobald
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    "Mr. Millhauser, we loved your story, just flipped over it. We want to bring it to Hollywood. We are making a few minor tweaks to better fit the big screen. Instead of yellow dust made of organisms, it will be giant yellow ants with lasers on top of their heads. Frickin' ants with lasers, isn't that great? And the people will react a little differently. Instead of a quiet desperation they will chase the alien-laser-ants with monster trucks. Damn, I can't wait to see your story on the screen!"
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @Peter Theobald: "Why does my story's butt hurt now?"
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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    Good read. I expect Hollywood to do a movie version where everyone turns into zombies.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @Gann: *beats Gann to death with a beaten to death trend*
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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/09/09

    @crashedpc: *comes back to life as an ironically trendy zombie*
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    Image of Peter Theobald Peter Theobald
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    The question is: Is it edible?

    The answer to that determines if it's a horror story or a utopian story.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/09/09

    @Peter Theobald: The real question is: Is it fuckable?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @Gann: If you gather a fuckton of the yellow stuffs, put it in a box, and then microwave it...
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/09/09

    @Peter Theobald: Either edible or can be turned into fuel.
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    Image of adverbly adverbly
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    I'm made of meat.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @adverbly: And it is delicious.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    In reply to Alien Invasion A Deadly Letdown, According To The New Yorker
    Man. Smells little like Philip K. Dick in its "eh... that's all we get? Ah well." kind of vibe.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/12/08

    In reply to Jonathan Lethem Returns To Science Fiction, With A Gorgeous Downer Of A Story
    Thanks. I was a bit disappointed by Lethem's venture into comic books with "Omega the Unknown", but "Gun, With Occasional Music" and "As She Climbs Across the Table" were both modern sci-fi classics.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/12/08

    In reply to Jonathan Lethem Returns To Science Fiction, With A Gorgeous Downer Of A Story
    Thanks for the heads up on this! I'm a HUGE Lethem fan.
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