Quote:
Originally Posted by pshrynk
The last man on earth sat in his room as a knock came at the door.
(Not mine, but from a classic SF story that I can't remeber the source. Just felt there was a need to trot out the original, given the way things have been running here.)
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By
Fredric Brown, a genius of the short story.
Here's the complete story. It's actually two (2) sentences:
"The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door ..." --- By Fredric Brown
Don
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ADDED 1/9/09: Apparently, there may actually be a shorter Sci-Fi story. I found this quote:
"Forrest J Ackerman, the man who coined the term "sci-fi" in 1954, published the world's shortest science fiction story, "Cosmic Report Card: Earth," in Vertex Magazine (1973)."
I don't recall ever having read this story. Plus, it is still in copyright.
I found out some more information about the
Fredric Brown short story. It's called "
Knock," and it may be about 1 page in length, perhaps consisting of an introductory part, with the story proper being the famous 2 lines. I read this when I was a small brat, and can't remember that much.
I just assembled it as an ebook, but, I need to be certain if the version I've completed is the full and correct version before uploading.
Don