Escape Artists
PodCastle => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Heradel on November 18, 2008, 04:25:10 AM
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PodCastle Miniature 21: The Princess and the… (http://podcastle.org/2008/11/17/podcastle-miniature-21-the-princess-and-the/)
By Marie Brennan (http://www.swantower.com/)
Read by Ann Leckie (http://www.annleckie.com/)
Sixty years on, I’m amazed at what they’ve done to the truth.
Rated R. for innuendo.
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This has to be the shortest flash fiction on record.
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I'd say this one was cute, but that seems inappropriate.
How about naughty?
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If you right something this short, it needs to be tighter. The moment she said "chastity" the game was over, and the rest of the story was just going through the motion. A couple of wasted sentences doesn't sound like a lot, but when the whole story is about 5 sentences long, that's way too much.
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This one got a laugh out of me.
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This one got a laugh out of me.
I laughed and then it was over. Pretty good timing, I thought. The author knew when to end it.
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I giggled.
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This one got a laugh out of me.
I laughed and then it was over. Pretty good timing, I thought. The author knew when to end it.
+1 - Especially given the comment thread for Mini #20 (specifically Hyperion's comments at http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2096.msg37833#msg37833 (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2096.msg37833#msg37833).
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Now I can hear Mike Meyers saying all kinds of Austin Powers quotes about this one.
MAKE IT STOP!
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Ohhhhhh, it's a PENIS...
*eyeroll*
Not impressed or amused.
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Ohhhhhh, it's a PENIS...
Dude, it's pronounced PEA-NIS. ;)
*ba-dump ching*
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Dude, it's pronounced PEA-NIS. ;)
*ba-dump ching*
::groan::
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Dude, it's pronounced PEA-NIS. ;)
*ba-dump ching*
::groan::
Wow. Deja vu!
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Dude, it's pronounced PEA-NIS. ;)
*ba-dump ching*
::groan::
Wow. Deja vu!
A good pun should always incur a groan. I just felt that your recent contributions to the art form should be ack!nowledged.
Besides, I beat you to this week's Pseudopod pun!
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Besides, I beat you to this week's Pseudopod pun!
Pseudopun
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This one was very punchy. OK, I suppose.
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I'll second the not-quite-cute idea. Liked it, sort of loved it.
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The Penis Mightier for 500, Alex!
Cute, in a dirty way, and I find the reluctance to finish the idea in the title silly and funny.
But I've got to agree with eytanz that it could've been trimmed a bit, when "chastity" was mentioned the story was pretty much over.