Author Title
Terry Pratchett Turntables of the Night
-> Look, constable, what I don't understand is, surely he wouldn't be into blues?
-> I'll mind how I go.
Piers Anthony Possible to Rue
-> 'I want a Pegasus Daddy,' Junior greeted him at the door, his curly blond head bobbling with excitement.
-> Newton reached for Possible to Rue.
Roald Dahl Ah Sweet Mystery of life
-> The other day, when this Magazine invited me to write a short piece on more or less any subject, I declined.
-> 'Right,' I said, 'you're absolutely right.'
Stephen Leacock The man in asbestos
-> To begin with let me admit that I did it on purpose.
-> I came.
Robert Sheckley Specialist
-> The photon storm struck without warning, pouncing under the Ship from behind a bank of giant red stars.
-> It continued to accelerate.
Harry Harrison The golden years of the Stainless Steel Rat
-> 'Well if it isn't Dirty Old Jim diGriz!'
-> I put my arm around her waist and this time it was I who had the tear in my eye.
Arthur C Clarke No morning after
-> 'But this is terrible!' said the Supreme Scientist.
-> And there wasn't a fourth day, of course.
Robert Bloch The shrink and the mink
-> Angela was adorable.
-> As a matter of fact, she didn't really become frigid until almost three months later . . .
Kurt Vonnegut Jr Harrison Bergeron
-> The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.
-> 'Gee -' said Hazel, 'I could tell that one was a doozy.'
Stanislaw Lem A good shellacking
-> Someone was knocking at the door of Klapaucius the constructor.
-> He too had been working on a Machine to Grant Your Every Wish, only Trurl had beaten him to it.
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