Ever seen the wonderful Memento? Well here's the inspiration behind it - a short story called Memento Mori written by Jonathan Nolan (yep, Christopher Nolan's brother). picked by TheStep 1 year ago tags memento memento mori short story jonathan nolan christopher nolan |
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Hey, Kurt Vonnegut wrote this short story. His talent trumps any "nsfw" rules. :) “What was the dirtiest story I ever wrote?” wrote Kurt Vonnegut in “Palm Sunday.” “Surely ‘The Big Space f**k,’ the first story of literature to have ‘f**k’ in its title. It was probably the last short story I will ever write. I did it for my frie... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A machine has been invented that can tell you, from a sample of your blood, exactly how you are going to die. What impact would this have on the world? That's the premise of this interesting short story contest. picked by VoodooPeacock 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
This story, written in 1956 is one of Asimov's greatest short stories. Asimov himself felt that this was his best. If you've read it before, read it again. If you haven't read it, stop everything and read it now. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 17 comments edit related share plime.com |
"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that ref... read full post picked by imnotyoo 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
by Jonathan Nolan 1 comments edit related share entertainmentThis is the short story the movie Memento was based on. picked by SomewhatDead 7 months ago |
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a short story by the great Kurt Vonnegut, now in the public domain. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A classic sci-fi short story by Terry Bisson. "Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Short story about a woman deal with the late night intruder. picked by Young81k 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
I'm not a woman, but this short story, written by L. Roger Quilter, is SO true. Really worth reading. picked by maxriter 6 months ago 7 comments edit related share entertainment |
Humanity’s Final Message to Those Who Would Come After by Jeff Harrell is an interesting piece of fiction. He has written other stories as well. He also wrote this non-fiction piece about living with borderline personality disorder picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words 4 comments edit related share plime.com("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. Here are almost 100 stories of 6-words from such sci-fi authors as Bruce Sterling, Vernor Vinge, Orson Scott Card, and many many more picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
By the end of this short film I was looking through my fingers as I covered my face, yelling at the screen, "NO! OH NO!" picked by Proverb 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Listen to this ghost story. First time I heard the ghost story "Where is my golden arm?" I could not sleep for days. This ending suggested by Mark Twain will kill me for sure. picked by myrthachang 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The boys at Geeks Of Doom have made a full over view of the entire Cloverfield story, including all the viral marketing (Which there has been a lot of) So if you had any questions this may be able to help you, as they sum everything this story has to offer (so far) up. 1 comments edit related share entertainmentWARNING: THIS IS STOCKED WITH SPOILERS picked by muppetmaker 10 months ago |
I dont know a better title for this story. Not for the faint. This was on Oprah. 10 comments edit related share plime.comDrunk driver story picked by trushafty38 9 months ago |
A hypertext puzzle based on the eight pages of Jorge Luis Borges' story "The Book of Sand." Solve it and you can join the Hall of Fame! picked by amador 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Short people should pray for a return to the Seventies fashion of stack heels, for the power of jealousy depends on how tall you are. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 6 comments edit related share science |
The website describes the woman as a 38-year-old, US-educated and Christian professional. "Despite the shortcomings of being a bit too old and short, she is top-notch in terms of other conditions," it said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Cross-sectional studies from around the world show a consistent increased risk of obesity among short sleepers in children and adults. picked by karenben 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
"I mean my wife is great, don't get me wrong. But she won't discuss Pound with me. Or Eliot. I didn't know that when I married her...I don't want an involvement - I want a quick intellectual experience, then I want the girl to leave. Christ, Kaiser, I'm a happily married man." picked by hypnotode 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |